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DIRECTORY 

OF THE 

ANCESTRAL HEADS 

OF 

NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES 
1620 -1700 


COMPILED 

By 

FRANK R. HOLMES 


THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ifcC. 
New York 
1923 








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Copyright, 

AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC. 
1923 


FEB -9 '23 



FOMEWOMD 


The study of names is of itself an absorbing subject. Their foundation 
and derivations are often of a mythical formation, others depending on occu¬ 
pation or place of residence. In the dim ages of the past there is no indication 
of kin, but only relation to the same stock, race, clan or tribe of people. The 
English had progressed beyond this, and their immigrants to the shores of 
the New World were able to trace back their forbears for several centuries be¬ 
fore their exodus to the new country. The English parish registers contained 
a record of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, which, with court records 
of wills and transfers of real estate, enabled lineage to be traced in many cases 
to the advent of William the Conqueror. Prior to this epoch in history, tribal 
or clan arrangements generally predominated, though in England this was 
more in the relations of tenantry. In Scotland, where the Gaelic was the lan¬ 
guage of the country prior to 1745, when the system of clans came to an end, 
there existed bodies of men all bearing the same surname and believing them¬ 
selves to be related the one to the other and to be descended from the same 
stock. Thus the members of every clan were tied to another not only by the 
feudal but by the patriarchal bonds; for while the individuals composing it 
were vassals or tenants of their own hereditary chief, they were also descended 
from his family and could count exactly the degree of their descent. 

The Western Indians had no family names; they used only descriptive 
cognomens which translated into English read something like this: “Long 
Time Sleeping,” “Wipes his Eyes,” besides a legion of other descriptive titles. 
Many of the white men derived their surnames in a similar manner, which had 
become necessary by the increase of population and for the purpose of identi¬ 
fication. Therefore the place of birth or residence was often used; for example, 
James at-Wood, or John under-the-Hill. Then the occupation was used as a 
surname, hence the number of Smiths, derived from blacksmith, wagonsmith, 
tinsmith, goldsmith, etc. The physical characteristics, mental and moral qual¬ 
ities, were all turned into surnames, and families were named originally from 
their color as White, Black, Gray, Brown; others named for their height or 
strength, as Little, Long, Hardy, and Strong; while the moral attributes yield¬ 
ed Good, Gay, Moody, Wise, etc. The son of John, Peter and William in turn 
became Johnson, Peterson and Williamson, and this was also true of other 
given names; while in the language of the Russians, Paveloitch is the son of 
Paul; MacDonald in Scotch, is the son of Donald; and Fitzgerald in Irish, the 
son of Gerald. The prefix “Q” signifies grandson, so that we have O’Brien, 
the grandson of Brien. In the Anglo-Saxon language the letters “ing” at the 
end of a name also stood for the same thing as Mac in Scotch and Fitz in 
Irish, hence Billing was the son of Bill, Harding the son of Hard, Birming the 
son of Birm. As an example, is the word Birmingham; the last syllable, 


“ham,” meaning merely home in old English, became literally “the home of the 
sons of Birm.” In these ways practically all English family nomenclatures 
have been constituted. 

Though the custom is widespread for all males to bear the name of their 
parents, common law sanctions a change of name when made in good faith. 
There are no serious consequences growing out of an adoption of a new name, 
except the possibility of confounding the identity. Many who have become 
famous in history, arts, and literature, have adopted a new patronymic in whole 
or in part. Thomas W. Wilson on arriving at man’s estate became Woodrow 
Wilson; and another incumbent of the presidential chair changed his name 
from Stephen G. Cleveland to Grover Cleveland. Brander Matthews and 
Bayard Taylor, well known authors, might have been lost amongst the mass 
of their competitors had they not dropped their plebeian given name James. 
The baptismal name of General Grant was Hiram Ulysses, but was changed 
when he was nominated for a cadetship to the Military Academy at West Point, 
when he was recorded as Ulysses S. Grant, in which form it ever since has 
remained. In literature and art there have been many radical changes from 
the original surname. The notable English actor, Henry Irving, was baptized 
John H. Broadribb; Maurice Barrymore was originally Herbert Lythe; the 
famous Mark Twain was Samuel L. Clemens; while O. Henry was Sidney 
Porter, and Charles H. Browne became Artemus Ward. The great explorer, 
Henry M. Stanley, was originally known as John Rowlands. 

Similar illustrations are found among worthies in European literature and 
art. Melancthon’s family name was Schwartzerde, meaning “black earth.” 
As soon as his literary talents developed and began to forecast his future, he 
changed the name to the classic synonym by which he is known in history. 
Rembrandt’s family name was Gerretz, which he changed to Van Ryn, on ac¬ 
count of its greater dignity. Balzac was born a Guez, which means “beggar”; 
when he became conscious of his power as a writer, he selected the surname 
Balzac, from an estate he owned. Voltaire, Moliere, Dante Petrarch, Riche¬ 
lieu, Loyola, and Erasmus, were all assumed names. Even Bonaparte altered 
his name from Buonaparte to disguise his Italian origin; while his great op¬ 
ponent, the Duke of Wellington, was not by blood a Wellesley, but a Colley. 
His grandfather, Richard Colley, assumed the name of a relative named Wes¬ 
ley, which was afterwards expanded to Wellesley. 

F. R. H. 




Ancestral Heads of New England Families 


ABBE, ABBEY, or ABBEL 

John, b. in England, 1615, was at Salem, 
Mass., in 1636-37, afterwards removed 
to Wenham, Mass., and in 1696-97 to 
Windham, Conn. 

Samuel, brother of John, was also at 
Wenham, Mass. 

ABBOT, ABBOTT 

The name derived from the Hebrew 
word Ab, and the Syrian Abba, a father. 
It originated in the Monasteries of Syria 
from the chief ruler of an abbey. 
Arthur, came from Totness in Dev¬ 
onshire, to N. E. in 1634, was identified 
with the settlement of Ipswich, Mass., 
afterwards removed to Marblehead, 
Mass. 

Daniel, admitted a freeman in Massa¬ 
chusetts in 1630, removed to Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., in 1639. 

George was at Windsor, Conn., in 1640, 
removed to Norwalk, Conn., in 1640. 
George came from Yorkshire, Eng., in 
1640, one of the first settlers of An¬ 
dover, Mass., and was at Rowley, Mass., 
in 1647. 

John, an inhabitant of Saco, Maine, in 
1680. 

Richard was at Kittery, Maine, in 1663. 
Robert, admitted a freeman at Water- 
town, Mass., in 1634, removed to Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., 1636-40, and removed to 
New Haven, Conn., in 1642. 

Walter, a vintner, b. in Eng., 1600, set¬ 
tled at Exeter, N. H., in 1640, removed 
to Portsmouth, N. H., in 1667. 

ABBY 

Matthew, fisherman, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Boston, Mass., in 1635. 
ABELL, from a Hebrew word signifying van¬ 
ity, breath. 

Benjamin was at Norwich, Conn., in 
1670. 

Robert, made freeman at Weymouth, 
Mass., in 1631, removed to Rehoboth, 
Mass. 

ABERNETHY, a local surname from a town 
in Strathern, Scotland, is of Gaelic and 
Celtic derivation. 

William, native of Scotland, came to 
Branford, Conn., was afterwards at 
Wallingford, Conn. 


ABINGTON 

William was in Maine in 1642. 

ABORN 

Samuel, b. in 1611, one of the early set¬ 
tlers of Salem, Mass. 

ACKERLY 

Henry was at New Haven, Conn., in 
1640; at Stamford, Conn., from 1641- 
1653; Greenwich, Conn., in 1656. 

Robert, at Brookhaven, L. I., admitted a 
freeman in Conn, in 1664. 

Samuel, brother of the preceding, at 
Brookhaven, L. I., in 1655. 

ACKLEY 

Nicholas, at Hartford, Conn., in 1655, 
an early settler of Haddam, Conn. 
ACKERMAN 

Derived from the Saxon word Acker, 
oaken, made of oak, and man. The 
brave, firm, unyielding man. 

Stephen, first colonial record, his mar¬ 
riage in 1684 at Newbury, Mass. 
ACKERS or ACRES 

The surname from Latin Ager, a field, 
in Saxon it signifies the place of oaks, 
ac and ake being terms for oak, the 
termination ar same as the Latin vir, 
a man. 

Henry, at Newbury, Mass., in 1764. 
John, in 1656 living in what is now 
Brookline, Mass. 

ACTON 

A place name from a town in Middle- 
dlesex, Eng. 

John, at North Yarmouth, Mass., in 

1685. 

ACY or ACIE 

William was at Rowley, Mass., in 1643, 
afterwards at Boston, Mass. 

ADAMS 

A surname of great antiquity in Scot¬ 
land. 

Duncan, son of Alexander Adam, lived 
in the reign of King Robert Bruce. 
Andrew was a school master at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., in 1643. 

Charles lived in 1648 at Dover, N. H. 
Christopher was at Braintree, Mass., 
in 1645, removed to Kittery, Maine. 
Daniel is recorded at Simsbury, Conn., 
in 1683. 


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Edward was at New Haven, Conn., in 
1640, Milford, Conn., in 1646 and Fair- 
field, Conn., in 1650. 

Edward is on record at Windsor, Conn., 
in 1660, left no male issue. 

Ferdinando, shoemaker at Dedham, 
Mass., in 1637. 

George, b. in Eng., settled at Watertown, 
Mass., in 1645, removed to what is now 
Lexington, Mass. 

Henry came from Braintree, Essex, 
Eng., in 1632, to Braintree, Mass. 
Jeremy was at Braintree, Mass., in 1632, 
made freeman at Cambridge, Mass., in 
1635 and in 1636 removed to Hartford, 
Conn. 

John came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1621; 
he died in 1633. 

John, a millwright, came to Cambridge, 
Mass., in 1650. 

John was at Salem, Mass., in 1682. 
John was at Sudbury, Mass., in 1684. 
Nathaniel was at Newport, R. I., in 
1639. 

Nathaniel, turner, was at Boston, 
Mass. 

Nathaniel, lockmaker, is on record 
at Boston, Mass., in 1653. 

Philip, some authorities say brother of 
Henry of Braintree, Mass., settled in 
that town and in 1653 was at York, 
Maine. 

Richard, a freeman at Weymouth, 
Mass., in 1635. 

Richard, bricklayer, came from North¬ 
amptonshire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., in 

1635- 

Robert, tailor, came from Devonshire, 
Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., in 1635, re¬ 
moved to Salem, Mass., in 1638, and to 
Newbury, Mass., in 1640-41. 

Roger, was at Roxbury, Mass., in 1675. 
Thomas was at Charlestown, Mass., in 

1654- 

Thomas took oath of fidelity at New 
Haven, Conn., in 1657. 

Thomas was a freeman at York, Maine, 
in 1680. 

Walter was at Charlestown, Mass., in 

1657- 

William was at Cambridge, Mass., as 
early as 1635 and removed to Ipswich, 
Mass., in 1642. 

William was at Hartford, Conn., in 
1650, afterwards at Farmington, Conn. 
No male issue. 

William was at Sudbury, Mass., in 
1674. 


ADDINGTON 

Isaac was at Boston in 1640, left an only 
son Isaac. 

ADDIS 

William, brewer, was an inhabitant of 
Gloucester, Mass., in 1642. In 1658-62 
was living at New London, Conn. No 
male issue. 

ADGATE 

Thomas, first record at Saybrook, Conn., 
in 1651, afterwards removed to Nor¬ 
wich, Conn. 

ADKINS or ATKINS 

The surname derived from Little Adam, 
or the son of Adam, from Ad and 
Kins, a diminutive signifying child. 
Josiah, an early settler of Middletown, 
Conn., in 1650. 

Thomas b. in Eng. in 1650, was at East 
Hartford, Conn., in 1682. 

ADVERD or ADFORD 

Henry, inhabitant of Scituate, Mass., in 
1640, left no male issue. 

AGNEW 

The surname from the town of Agneau 
in Normandy, where the family origi¬ 
nated. They went from England into 
Ireland with Strongbow. Agneau in Nor¬ 
man French signifies a lamb. 

Ninian was at Kittery, Maine, in 1676. 
AINSWORTH 

A local surname from British and 
Welsh, from Ains a spring, a river and 
gwerth, a place, possession or court. 
Daniel b. in Eng., came to Roxbury, 
Mass., in 1647, later was at Dedham, 
Mass. 

ALBEE, ALLBEE, or ALBY 

Benjamin, carpenter and miller, inhab¬ 
itant of Boston, Mass., in 1639, admit¬ 
ted a freeman at Braintree, Mass., in 
1642, removed to Medfield in 1649, was 
at Mendon, Mass., in 1660 and Milford, 
Mass., in 1663. 

ALBRO 

John, b. in Eng. in 1617, came to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., in 1634, in charge of William 
Freeborn, and removed to Portsmouth, 
R. I., in 1638. 

ALCOCK 

From Hal or Al, nickname for Henry, 
and cock a termination meaning little, a 
diminutive, the same as kin. 

Francis came in 1638 to N. E. in the 
employ of Richard Dummer, and was at 
Newbury, Mass.; no more known of 
him. 

George, physician, came to N. E. in 1630, 
settled at Roxbury, Mass. 

John, admitted a freeman of Mass, in 


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1652, was at York and Kittery, Maine. 
Samuel, admitted freeman at Kittery, 
Maine, in 1652; was at York, Maine, in 
1659. 

Thomas, brother of Dr. George, came 
to N. E. in 1630, settled at Roxbury, 
Mass., afterwards at Dedham, Mass. 
ALDEN 

A local surname of Saxon origin from 
Aid, old and Den or Dun, a hill or 
town. 

John, Mayflower passenger, cooper by 
trade, born in Eng. 1599, resided most 
of his days at Duxbury, Mass. 
ALDERMAN 

Originally from German descent. 

John was at Dorchester, Mass., as early 
as 1634, admitted a freeman in 1639. 
William was an inhabitant of Windsor, 
Conn., in 1672 at Simsbury, Conn. 
ALOIS 

Nathan came from Eng. to Dorchester, 
Mass., in 1640-41. 

ALDRICH or ALDRIDGE 

A corruption of Aldred from the Sax¬ 
on language, originally from the Ger¬ 
man name Albert. Bert bright or 
famous, compounded with the old Eng¬ 
lish word All. 

George, tailor, born in Derbyshire, Eng., 
1605, a freeman of Dorchester, Mass., 
in 1636, at Braintree, Mass., in 1640, and 
one of the first seven settlers of Men- 
don, Mass., 1663. 

Henry was at Dedham, Mass., in 1643. 
ALEXANDER 

The surname derived from two Greek 
words signifying to aid or help and a 
man, a powerful auxiliary. 

George on record at Windsor, Conn., in 
1644. 

Robert, a native of Scotland, was an 
inhabitant of Boston, Mass., in 1684. 

ALFORD or ALVORD 

From Alford, a town in Lincolnshire, 
Eng., from the Saxon words Aid, old, 
and Ford, way or pass. The English 
seat of the family, Somersetshire, Eng. 
Benedict, son of Thomas in the fifth 
generation from John Alvord, who re¬ 
sided in the parish of White Staunton, 
Somersetshire, was born in that parish 
1615-18. Was at Windsor, Conn., in 
1637, returned to Eng. in 1640, again 
was at Windsor, Conn. Was known as 
Sergeant Benedict Alford. 

John was at Salem, Mass., in 1668. 
William, merchant, came from London, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., in 1634. 


ALGER 

From the Gaelic word signifying no¬ 
ble. 

Andrew, surveyor, came from Dunston, 
Norfolk, Eng., in 1640 to Saco, Maine, 
and settled in what is now Dunston, 
Maine, in 1658. 

Arthur, brother of the preceding was at 
Scarborough, Maine, in 1658. 

Roger, of English descent, was an early 
settler of Lyme, Conn. 

Thomas was first at Roxbury, Mass., 
afterwards at Watertown, Mass., and 
in 1665 at Taunton, Mass. 

ALLEN, ALLING, ALLYN 

The name derived from British, a cor¬ 
ruption of Latin, Aelianus, which sig¬ 
nifies sunbright. The Slavonic Aland 
means wolf-dog, hound. The Gaelic 
Aluinn signifies handsome, elegant, 
lovely. The Irish Alun, fair, beauti¬ 
ful. The English Allan and Allen all 
running, all conquering. The name is a 
personal one and first borne by the Bard 
of Britain and came into prominence 
at the time of the Conquest, when the 
chief general of the Norman army was 
Allan, Duke of Brittany. The family 
seat, at the counties of Durham and 
Essex. 

Abraham was at Marblehead, Mass., in 
1674. 

Alexander, a Scotchman, was at Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., in 1689. 

Andrew was on record at Lynn, Mass., 
in 1642. 

Arnold was at Casco, Maine, in 1645. 
Bozoune, a mercer or trader, came from 
Lynn, Norfolk, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 
in 1638; removed to Boston, Mass., in 
1650-52. 

Daniel, physician, was at Boston, 
Mass., in 1680. 

Daniel was at Swanzey, Mass., in 1673. 
Edward came from Scotland in 1636, 
was at Ipswich and Dedham, Mass., 
also at Suffield, Conn, 

Edward, b. in Eng. in 1670, settled in 
1690 on Nantucket Island, Mass. 
Francis, was at Sandwich, Mass., in 
1643. 

George, b. in Thurcaston, Leicester¬ 
shire, Eng., in 1568, settled at Saugus, 
Mass.; one of the purchasers of Sand¬ 
wich, Mass., in 1637. 

George, an inhabitant of Weymouth, 
Mass., in 1641, removed to Boston, 
Mass. 

Gideon was at Swanzey, Mass., in 1669, 


IV 


removed to Boston in 1675, afterwards 
to Milford, Mass. 

Henry, joiner, was at Boston, Mass., 
in 1644, afterward at Rowley, Mass. 
Henry an inhabitant of Milford, Mass. 
Hope, currier, an inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., in 1651. 

James, came from Colby, Norfolk, 
Eng., to Dedham, Mass., in 1637, one 
of the first thirteen settlers in 1652 of 
Medfield, Mass. 

Rev. James, born in 1632, came from 
Hampshire to Boston, Mass., in 1662. 
Jedediah, was an inhabitant of Sand¬ 
wich, Mass. 

John Allin, son of Robert of Horley, 
Oxford, Eng., b. in 1596, came to N. 
E. in 1637, was at Dedham, Mass. 

John was at Plymouth, Mass., in 1633 
and at Scituate, Mass., in 1646. 

John b. in 1605, came from the county 
of Kent, Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., 
in 1635. 

John was taxed at Springfield, Mass., in 
1639, removed to Rehoboth, Mass., in 
1643, at Newport, R. I., in 1651, thence 
to Swanzey, Mass., in 1669. 

John was an inhabitant of Newbury, 
Mass., in 1656. 

John, a resident of Northampton, Mass., 
removed to Deerfield, Mass., where he 
was killed by the Indians in 1675. 

John of Barnstable, Mass., married in 
1672-73. 

John was at Marblehead, Mass., in 1668. 
John, of Suffield, Conn., was married 
in 1682, removed to Deerfield, Mass., 
himself and wife killed by the Indians 
in 1704. 

Jonah was at Taunton, Mass., in 1663. 

Joseph of Newport, R. I., in 1662, may 
have been at Salem, Mass., previous to 
this date. 

Joseph, blacksmith, was at Gloucester, 
Mass., in 1674. 

Joseph of Rehoboth, Mass., where he 
was an inhabitant in 1673. 

Col. Matthew Allyn, son of Thomas 
of Chelmsford, Eng., was bap. in 1604- 
05, came from Brampton, Devonshire, 
Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., in 1632. He 
removed to Hartford, Conn., in 1637, 
thence in a few years to Windsor, 
Conn. 


Nicholas was at Dorchester, Mass., 
in 1663. 



London, Conn., and in 1659 to Norwich, 
Conn. 

Samuel Allyn, farmer, a brother of 
Col. Matthew, bapt at Chelmsford, 
Essex, Eng., in 1586, came to Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., in 1632 and was at Windsor, 
Conn., in 1644. 

Samuel was at Windsor, Conn., in 1636, 
died in 1648; his widow and family re¬ 
moved to Northampton, Mass. 

Samuel was a resident of Newport, R. 
I., in 1639. 

Thomas Allyn, a brother of Col. Mat¬ 
thew, was at Middletown, Conn. 

Thomas was at Barnstable, Mass., in 
1644. 

Timothy at Marblehead, Mass., in 1648 
removed to Norwich, Conn. 

Walter, b. in Eng., in 1615, was an in¬ 
habitant of Newbury, Mass., in 1640, 
removed to Watertown. Mass., in 1652. 
William, b. in Manchester, Eng., in 
1602; was made freeman at Salem, 
V Mass., in 1630; previous to this had re¬ 
sided at Gloucester, Mass., later he re¬ 
moved to Manchester, Mass. 

William, house carpenter, was at New¬ 
bury, Mass., in 1638, granted land at 
Salisbury, Mass., in 1639. 

William, a naitve of Wales, came to N. 
E. in 1660. 

ALLERTON 

The surname same as Alverton derived 
from Cornish British from Al high, 
ver green, and ton, hill, meaning a high 
green hill. The seat of the family be¬ 
ing Suffolk, Eng. 

Isaac, Mayflower passenger, b. 1583-85, 
founded Marblehead, Mass. In 1636 re¬ 
moved to New Amsterdam; became a 
resident of New Haven, Conn., in 1635. 
ALLEY 

Hugh b. in Eng. 1608, settled at Lynn, 
Mass., in 1635. 

ALLING 

John was a resident of New Haven, 
Conn., in 1652. 

Roger came from Bedfordshire, Eng., 
to New Haven, Conn., in 1639. 
ALLISON 

Ancient Scotch family; lineage traced 
to Alister or Alexander, son of Angus 
Nor of the clan of Donald. 

James was at Boston, Mass., in 1644. 
Lawrence, first at Watertown, Mass., 
removed to Wethersfield, Conn., thence 
to Stamford, Conn., finally to Hemp¬ 
stead, L. I. 

Ralph granted lands at Scarborough, 
Maine, in 1673. 


V 


ALLIS 

William was freeman at Boston, Mass., 
in 1640. 

ALLISET or ALLESET 

John was at Boston, Mass., in 1684; left 
no male issue. 

ALLT, or AULT, sometimes spelt OLT 

John sent to N. E. in 1631 by John 
Mason, patentee of N. H., was at Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., after 1640 lived at Dover, 
N. H. 

ALLY 

Thomas was taxed at Rowley, Mass., in 
1691. 

ALMY 

William, b. in Eng. in 1601, was settled 
at Lynn, Mass., in 1631, was at Sand¬ 
wich, Mass., in 1631, and Portsmouth, N. 
H. in 1644. 

ALSOP 

A place name from Alsop, Derbyshire, 
Eng. 

Richard Alsop was mayor of London in 
1597 . 

Joseph came to Boston in 1635 at the 
age of fourteen years, took oath of fi¬ 
delity at New Haven, Conn., in 1644. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, came 
to N. E. in 1635, aged twenty years, was 
afterwards at Stratford, Conn., and be¬ 
fore 1659 removed to Newtown, L. I. 
ALVORD 

From the Gaelic word Amadou, a num¬ 
skull, a simpleton, may be so called by 
way of Antiphrasis because he was wise. 
Identical with Alford (see). 

Alexander, b. in Somersetshire, Eng., 
about 1620, was bap. in 1627 at Brid- 
port, Dorsetshire, Eng., became a resi¬ 
dent at Windsor, Conn., in 1645, re¬ 
moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1661. 
Benedict b. in White Taunton, Eng., 
in 1615-18, brother of the preceding, 
was a soldier in the Pequot War and 
was at Windsor, Conn., in 1637. 

AMADON or AMIDON 

Roger, a French Huguenot, was an in¬ 
habitant of Salem, Mass., in 1637, re¬ 
moved to Rehoboth, Mass., in 1648. 
AMBLER 

From a French word Ambleur, an of¬ 
ficer of the King’s stables, anciently 
“le Amblour.” 

Richard was at Weymouth, Mass., in 
1637 removed to Boston, Mass., in 1650 
to Stamford, Conn. 

AMBROSE 

From a Greek word signifying divine 
or immortal. 

Henry, carpenter, was at Hampton, N. 


H. earlier than 1641, was living at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., in 1654, and Charlestown, 
Mass., two years later. 

AMBRY or AMBERY which often appears 
as EMRY or EMERY 
Robert took oath of fidelity at New 
Haven, Conn., in 1644. 

AMES (see Eames) 

Derived from the French word Amie, a 
friend or beloved, or the Hebrew Amos, 
a burden. 

Hugh was an inhabitant of Boston in 
1667. 

John, son of Richard of Binton, Som¬ 
ersetshire, Eng., was born there in 1610, 
settled at Bridgewater, Mass., left no 
male issue. 

William, b. in 1605, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, came to Duxbury, Mass., in 1638, 
afterwards to Braintree, Mass., where 
he was admitted a freeman in 1647. 
William, son of Rev. William Ames, 
came to Cambridge, Mass., in 1637, re¬ 
moved in 1647 to Wrentham, Mass. 
AMERY or AMEE 

John, ship carpenter, inhabitant of Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., in 1649, removed to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., in 1653. 

William was at Lynn, Mass., and set¬ 
tled at Sandwich, Mass., in 1637. 
AMORY 

The family is of French origin, descend¬ 
ed from Montford L. Amaury. 

The English ancestor in the sixteenth 
century was Hugh Amory. 

Jonathan, b. in Eng. 1653-54, was for 
a time at Boston, Mass., but in 1685 
removed to Charleston, S. C. His son 
Thomas returned to Boston in 1719. 
Simon was a freeman at Boston, Mass., 
in 1672. 

AMOS 

Hugh, freeman at Boston, Mass., in 
1666 removed to what is now Preston, 
Mass. 

AMSBURY (see ORMSBRY) 

AMSDEN 

Isaac was married at Cambridge, Mass., 
in 1654, he died in 1661 leaving male 
issue. 

ANCHOR 

Thomas was an inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., in 1646. 

ANDERSON 

(Means the son of Andrew). 

John, shipwright, was at Boston, Mass., 
in 1647. 

John was at Ipswich, Mass., in 1665. 
John, shipmaster, was at Boston in 1655 
and at Salem, Mass., in 1673. 




VI 


ANDREW 

Derived from a Greek word meaning 
manly, courageous. 

John was at Wickford, R. I, in 1674. 
William, mariner, was a freeman at 
Cambridge, Mass., in 1634. 

ANDREWS 

Albert b. in Eng. in 1589 was at Ipswich, 
Mass., in 1634. 

Edward was at Newport, R. I., in 1639, 
removed to Saco, Maine, where he was 
admitted a freeman in 1657. 

Francis was of Hartford, Conn., in 
1639, later removed to Fairfield, Conn. 
Henry was an original purchaser at 
Taunton, Mass., in 1639. 

Jedediah was at Dover, N. H., in 1657, 
removed to Salisbury, Mass. 

John, b. in England in 1600, settled at 
Kittery, Maine, in 1640. 

John, baker, was at Lynn, Mass., in 
1650, and died at Ipswich, Mass., in 
1662. 

Lieut. John, b. in 1618, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., in 1642. 

John, of Welsh descent, came from 
Berkshire, Eng., to Boston in 1656 and 
was one of the first settlers of Farming- 
ton, Conn. 

Robert b. in Boxford, Eng., in 1600, 
came from Norwich, Norfolk, Eng., to 
Ipswich, Mass., in 1635, later at Box- 
ford, Mass., in 165 6. 

Samuel, b. in 1598, came to Saco, Maine, 
in 1635 and died three years later. 
Thomas was at Dorchester, Mass., in 

1635- 

Thomas was one of the founders of 
Watertown, Mass., later came to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., where he died before 
1649 - 

William made freeman at Lynn, Mass., 
in 1634. 

William, carpenter, came from Hamps- 
worth, Eng., to Boston, Mass., in 1635, 
settled soon afterwards at New Haven, 
Conn. 

William, schoolmaster, came from 
Cambridge, Mass., to Hartford, Conn., 
at the first settlement. 

ANDROS 

Jedediah, at Salisbury, Mass., in 1670. 
,/ANGELL 

The surname derived from a town in 
France, or from the Greek word signi- 
lying messenger. 

L Thomas, b. in Eng. in 1618, came to N. 
„ T as an apprentice to Roger Williams 




in 1631; one of the first grantees of 
Providence, R. I. 

Edmund, youngest son of John Angier 
of Dedham, Essex, Eng., where he was 
b. in 1612, made a freeman in Mass., in 
1640. 

John, was in Boston, Mass., in 1650, and 
died in 1657. 

Jonathan was at Salem, Mass., in 1668. 
Joseph was at Medford, Mass., in 1684, 
removed to Dorchester, Mass., finally to 
Framingham, Mass. 

Sampson took the oath of allegiance to 
Mass., at York, Maine, in 1653. 

ANNABLE 

Anthony was an inhabitant of Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., in 1623, one of the first 
settlers of Scituate, Mass., in 1630, re¬ 
moved in 1640 to Barnstable, Mass. 
John, tailor, was at Ipswich, Mass., in 
1642. 

ANNIS 

Charles (sometimes written Carmac) 
born in Enniskillen, Ireland, 1638, came 
to Newbury, Mass., in 1666. 

ANTHONY 

From the Greek, signifying a flower, 
flourishing, beautiful, graceful. 

The English ancestor, Dr. Francis An¬ 
thony. 

John, b. in Hempstead near London, 
Eng., in 1607, came to N. E. in 1634 
and was resident of Portsmouth, R. I., 
in 1640. 

ANTRAM 

Thomas, weaver, came from Salisbury, 
Wiltshire, Eng., to Boston Mass., in 

1635- 

APPLEBY 

Surname from a town in Westmore¬ 
land, Eng., called by Romans Aballaba. 
By signifies a town—the apple-town. 
Thomas was at Rye, N. H., in 1662-72. 
APPLETON 

The name local, and town abounding in 
apples. It is of Saxon origin, Apleton 
meaning orchard. English ancestor in 
1639, John Appleton. 

Samuel, son of Thomas of Little Wal- 
dingfield, Suffolk, Eng., where he was 
b. 1586. Took oath of allegiance to 
Mass., in 1636; was a resident of Ipswich 
and Rowley, Mass. 

APPLIN, name identical with APPLETON. 
John, was married at Watertown, Mass., 
in 1671. 

ARBUCKLE 

William was a resident of Boston in 
1694. 


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ARCHER 

Henry, was at Roxbury, Mass., in 1639, 
afterwards removed to Ipswich, Mass. 
John was a freeman at Portsmouth, R. 
I., in 1684. 

John was at Stamford, Conn., in 1660. 
John, cooper, was at Salem, Mass., in 

1668. was granted lands in 1676. 
Samuel, b. about 1608, was admitted 
freeman at Salem, Mass., in 1634. 

ARMITAGE 

The same as hermitage, the cell or 
habitation of a hermit, formerly a wil¬ 
derness or solitary place. 

Eleazer married at Lynn, Mass., in 

1669. 

Godfrey, tailor, was at Lynn, Mass., in 
1630, removed to Boston, Mass., and 
made a freeman in 1639. 

Joseph, brother of the preceding, was 
at Lynn, Mass., in 1630. 

Thomas, came to Lynn, Mass., in 1635, 
two years later removed to Sandwich, 
Conn. 

Timothy was married at Boston, Mass., 
in 1677. 

ARMS 

William was at Hatfield, Mass., before 
1676, removed to Sunderland, Mass., 
afterward to Deerfield, Mass. 
ARMSBEE or ARMSESBY 

Thomas was at Taunton, Mass., in 
1668. 

ARMSTRONG 

A name given for strength in battle. 
Benjamin was at Norwich, Conn., after 

1670. 

Jonathan, b. about 1630, settled at 
Westerly, R. I., before 1670, afterwards 
removed to Roxbury, Mass. 

ARNOLD 

From the German are or ehre, honor, 
faithful to his honor. Ancient Welsh 
family. The English line is descended 
from Ynir, King of Gwentland 1100. 
The name Arnold was adopted by Roger 
in the twelfth generation from Ynir. 
Edward was at Boston, Mass., in 1640. 
Isaac was at New Haven, Conn., in 
1640, afterwards removed to Suffolk 
county, L. I. 

John, b. in Eng. in 1585, came to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., in 1634, and went to Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., in 1636. 

John was at Norwich, Conn., in 1680 
removed to Boston, Mass., and was 
prison-keeper. 

Joseph, b. ih Eng. in 1625, was at Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., before 1648. 


Rev. Samuel was at Sandwich, Mass., 
in 1643, later at Yarmouth, Mass., 
1658 ordained the third minister of 
Marshfield, Mass. 

Thomas, son of Thomas of Chesel- 
bourne, Dorsetshire, Eng., of the sixth 
generation from Roger Arnold, born in 
Leamington, Eng., 1587, came to Hing- 
ham, Mass., in 1635, removed to Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., in 1636, and was one of the 
first four settlers of Pawtucket, R. I. 
William, b. in Leamington, Eng., in 
1589, brother of the preceding, came to 
Hingham, Mass., in 1635, removed to 
Providence, R. I., in 1636. 

ASH 

George was at Hartford, Conn., in 1682. 
John was at Dover, N. H., in 1659 and 
married at Salisbury, Mass., in 1667. 
William, mariner, was at Gloucester, 
Mass., in 1647, and at New London, 
Conn., in 1650. 

ASHBURN or ASHBORN 

Joseph was at Milford, Conn., 1675- 
1713 - 
ASHBY 

The name is of Saxon origin. The 
house by the Ash; by, signifying a villa 
or habitation. 

Anthony was at Salem, Mass., in 1665. 
ASHCRAFT 

John was at Stonington, Conn., in 1662. 
ASHLEY 

In Saxon leegh, ley or lea, signifies un¬ 
cultivated grounds. Therefore a lea or 
field abounding in ash-trees. 

Edward, from Bristol, Eng., was in 
Maine in 1630. 

Edward was a freeman at Boston, Mass., 
in 1677. 

Robert came to Roxbury, Mass., and 
was at Springfield, Mass., in 1639. 
Thomas was in Maine in 1654. 

Thomas was a resident of Boston, 
Mass., in 1681. 

William was at Wells, Maine, in 1659. 
ASHTON 

From the Saxon word, the ash-hill or 
town. 

Henry was at Boston, Mass., in 1673, 
removed to Providence, R. I., in 1676. 
James was at Providence, R. I., in 
1639, removed to N. J., about 1666. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding; he 
and his brother are mentioned as pro¬ 
prietors of R. I. 

ASLETT or ARSLEBY 

John was at Newbury, Mass., prior to 
1648, removed to Andover, Mass., 1652. 



VH1 


ASPINWALL 

A local Saxon word signifying the 
Aspen-vale. 

Peter came from Toxteth Park adjoin¬ 
ing Liverpool, Lancastershire, Eng., at 
an early date to Boston and located in 
what is now Brookline, Mass. 

William came to Charlestown, Mass., 
in 1630; he went to R. I., but in 1641 
was at New Haven, Conn., returned to 
Boston, Mass., but finally went to Eng. 
The male issue became extinct. 

ASTWOOD 

James came to Roxbury, Mass., at an 
early date, removed to Boston, Mass., 
where his name is recorded as Ash- 
wood. 

John, husbandman, b. in 1599, came to 
Roxbury, Mass., in 1635, from Stanstead 
Abbey, Herts, Eng.; removed to Mil¬ 
ford, Mass., returned to London, Eng., 
in 1653, leaving no male issue. 
ATCHISON 

John was at Hatfield, Mass., in 1672, 
killed by the Indians in 1671. 

ATHERTON 

A local saxon name from Atherstone, 
a town in Warwickshire, Eng. The 
family is seated at Atherton, ten miles 
northeast of Manchester, Gloucester¬ 
shire, Eng. The earliest English ances¬ 
tor recorded is Robert de Atherton. 
General Humphrey, b. in 1607-8, came 
from the Parish of Winwick Preston, 
Lancashire, Eng., in 1636, to Dorchester, 
Mass. 

James, brother of the preceding, b. in 
Eng. in 1626, came to Dorchester, 
Mass., removed to Lancaster, Maine, in 
1653, returned to Dorchester, then went 
to Milton and died at Sherburn, Mass. 
ATKINS 

The name derived from At an abbrevia¬ 
tion of Arthur, kins signifying child i.e., 
the son of Arthur. 

Henry was at Yarmouth, Mass., in 1641 
removed to Plymouth, Mass. 

Thomas, carpenter, was at Boston, 
Mass., in 1672. 

ATKINSON 

Joseph was at Exeter, N. H., admitted 
a freeman in 1657. 

Luke, signed the Compact at New 
Haven, Conn., in 1639, removed to Mid¬ 
dletown, Conn. 

Theodore, feltmaker, came from Bury, 
Lancashire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., in 
1636. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
at Concord, Mass., in 1636. 


ATWATER 

Local name at (the) Water. English 
ancestor in 1500, John Atwater of Roy- 
ton, Eng. 

David, bapt. at Lenham, Eng., came to 
Boston, Mass., in 1637, removed to New 
Haven, Conn., in 1638. 

Joshua, merchant at London, Eng., 
brother of the preceding, came to New 
Haven, Conn., in 1639, removed to Mil¬ 
ford, Conn., in 1655. 

ATWELL 

Name local, at (the) well. 

Benjamin was at New London, Conn., 
before 1670. 

John came to Casco, Maine, 1630-40, and 
was at Lynn, Mass., in 1650. 

ATWOOD 

Name local—at (the) wood. 

Alexander was a freeman at Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass., in 1684. 

Herman son of John Atwood, came 
from Sanderstead, Surrey, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., in 1642. 

John came from London, Eng., to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1636; left no male issue. 
Joseph was at Taunton, Mass., before 
1679. 

Philip came from London, Eng., to 
Malden, Mass., in 1635, aged twelve 
years; afterwards at Bradford, Mass. 
Stephen b. in Eng., in 1620, was a resi¬ 
dent of Eastham, Mass., in 1643. 
Thomas, physician, settled at Plymouth, 
Mass., in 1650, removed to Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., in 1663. 

AUGER 

John was at Boston, Mass., in 1652. 
William, admitted freeman of Mass., in 
1631, was at Salem, Mass., in 1636. 
AUGUSTINE sometimes spelled Gastanor, 
Gastin. 

John came from the Isle of Jersey, 
Eng., in 1677, took a grant of land at 
Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, 1680; 
he removed to Lynn in 1690, but re¬ 
turned to Falmouth in 1719. 

AUSTIN 

A contraction from Augustine, from the 
Latin, Augustinus, imperial, royal, re¬ 
nowned. 

Anthony was freeman at Rowley, 
Mass., in 1669, removed to Suffield, 
Conn., before 1681. 

Francis was at Dedham, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Hampton, N. H., in 1640. 

John was at New London, Conn., in 
1647, removed in 1651 to Greenwich, 
Conn., later to Stamford, Conn. 


IX 


John settled at New Haven, Conn., 
about 1667. 

Jonah came from Sandwich, Kent., 
Eng., in early days to Cambridge, Mass.; 
was at Hingham, Mass., in 1635 and at 
Taunton, Mass., in 1643. 

Joseph was an inhabitant of Hampton, 
N. H., in 1642, and of Dover, N. H., in 
1648. 

Richard, tailor, b. about 1598, came in 
1638 to Charlestown, Mass. 

Robert, b. in Eng. in 1630 and was in 
1661 one of the grantees of Westerly and 
Kingstown, R. I. 

AVERILL 

A corruption of Haverhill, the aspirate 
being dropped. Haverhill a town in Suf¬ 
folk, Eng., named for Dutch Hyver and 
Teutonic Haber, oats and hill, the hill 
sown with oats. 

William b. in Eng., came to Ipswich, 
Mass., before 1638. 

AVERY 

From the Latin Aviarius, a bird-keeper 
or from Avery a grannary. 

Christopher, weaver, born in Cornwall, 
Eng., in 1590, came from Salisbury, 
Wiltshire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., in 
1630. He was at Gloucester, Mass., in 
1646 and removed to New London, 
Conn., in 1663. 

John was at Dorchester, Mass, in 1642, 
removed to Boston, Mass. 

Rev. Joseph came from Wiltshire, Eng., 
and was drowned, in 1635, off Marble¬ 
head, Mass. 

Thomas, blacksmith, made freeman at 
Salem, Mass., in 1643, afterwards re¬ 
moved to Portsmouth, N. H. 

William, physician, born in Eng., in 
1622, came from Berkham, Berkshire, 
Eng., about 1650. 

AVIS 

In French, Avis, a projector, schemer, 
Latin Avus is grandfather, ancestor. 
William was at Boston, Mass., in 1664. 
AVISTON or AVESSON 

John was a freeman at Reading, Mass., 
in 1685. 

AWARDS 

Richard was at Newport, R. I., in 1638, 
previous to this date had been at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

AWKLEY 

Miles was at Boston, Mass., in 1635. 
AXEY 

James was at Lynn, Mass., in 1630. 
AXTELL 

Thomas was at Sudbury, Mass., before 
1646, the year of his death. 


AYER or AYERS 

A local surname derived from Ayr, a 
river, town and district in Scotland. 
Henry was a freeman at Portsmouth, 
N. H., in 1655. 

John, b. in Eng., settled at Salisbury, 
Mass., in 1640, removed to Ipswich, 
Mass., in 1646 and to Haverhill, Mass., 
in 1647. 

Richard purchased land in Stamford, 
Conn., in 1666. 

BABB 

Philip was at Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
BABBAGE, BABBIDGE or BABRIDGE 

Christopher, freeman at Salem, Mass., 
1665; no male issue. 

BABBITT or BOBBIT 

Edward, came from Wales to Taunton, 
Mass., 1643. 

BABCOCK 

The name is from Bab, a nickname for 
Bartholomew; cock, small, little, a son; 
or from Bob, a nickname for Robert. 
David was at Dorchester, Mass., 1640. 
James, b. Essex, Eng., 1612, a resident 
of Portsmouth, R. I., 1642; settled at 
Westerly, R. I., 1662. 

Return was at Dartmouth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1686. 

Captain Robert, b. Eng., settled at 
Dorchester, Mass., 1648; was at Sher- 
born, Mass., 1674-75. 

BABER 

William was at Boston, Mass., 1648. 
BABSON 

Name derived from an abbreviated 
personal name. 

James, cooper, sailed from Eng., pre¬ 
vious to 1640; died on voyage; his 
widow Isabel granted lands at Glouces¬ 
ter, Mass., 1644; left only son James. 
BACHELOR, BACHELDER or BATCH- 
ELDER £ 

Name derived from Dutch word Bock, 
a book, and leeraar, a doctor of div¬ 
inity, law, or physic. 

Henry, brewer, came from Dover, Kent, 
Eng., in 1636, to Ipswich, Mass. 

John, was at Watertown, Mass., and 
made a freeman at Dedham, Mass., 

1635- 

John, tailor, from Canterbury, Kent, 
Eng., was granted land at Salem, Mass., 
1638; a brother of Henry. 

John, freeman at Reading, Mass., 1666. 
Joseph, tailor, brother of John and 
Henry, came from Canterbury, Kent, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1636. 

Joshua, brother of the preceding, came 
from County of Kent. 


X 


Rev. Stephen, b. Eng., 1561, came to 
Boston, Mass., in 1632; first minister at 
Lynn., Mass., 1633, 1636 went to Ipswich, 
Mass., in 1638 at Newbury, Mass.; the 
following year at Hampton, N. H.; 
finally at Saco, Maine. He returned to 
Eng., 1653-54, died at Hackney, near 
London, Eng., 1660. 

William, a freeman at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1634. 

BACKUS 

Name from German Back-haus, a bake¬ 
house. 

William, b. Norwich, Eng., was at Say- 
brook, Conn., 1637; removed to Nor¬ 
wich, Conn., 1659. 

BACON 

Name from Anglo-Saxon bacan, to bake. 
Some authorities derive it from Saxon 
baccen or buccen, a beech tree. It is a 
name of ancient seigniory in Normandy. 
William Bacon (1082) endowed the 
Abbey of Holy Trinity in Caen. Grim- 
aldus Bacon was with William the Con¬ 
queror. The name is found in the Bat¬ 
tle Rolls of the nth century. 

Andrew, b. Rutlandshire, Eng., was at 
Cambridge, Mass., and at Hartford, 
Conn., 1639; no male issue. 

George, mason, b. Suffolk, Eng., 1592; 
settled at Hingham, Mass., 1635, coming 
from Ireland. 

Michael or Mighill, b. Winsted, Suf¬ 
folk, Eng., came from Ireland to Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1640. 

Nathaniel was at Barnstable, Mass., 
1642. 

Nathaniel, son of William of Stretton, 
Rutlandshire, Eng., b. about 1630, came 
to N. E., 1649, settled at New Haven, 
Conn.; removed to Middletown, Conn., 

1653- 

Samuel was at Barnstable, Mass., 1659. 
Thomas was at Roxbury, Mass., 1665. 
William was at Salem, Mass., 1640. 
BADCOCK or BABCOCK 

George, a servant of Gov. Theophilus 
Eaton of New Haven, Conn., 1640, re¬ 
moved to Dorchester, Mass., 1646, and 
ten years later to Milton, Mass. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, was 
at Dorchester, Mass., 1648; later at Mil- 
ton, Mass. 

BADGER 

Name from a licensed dealer in grain, 
hawker, peddler, also a small animal. 
Giles came from Eng., in 1635 and set¬ 
tled at Newbury; he died in 1647, leav¬ 
ing an only child, John. 

Nathaniel, brother of preceding, was 
at Newbury, Mass., 1635, but of both 


he and another brother, Richard, there 
is no record. 

BAGG 

John, came from Plymouth, Eng., set¬ 
tled at Springfield, Mass., in 1659. 
BAGLEY 

A Saxon local name; the rising or 
swelling ground that lies untilled; from 
boelge, rising or swelling, and leagh or 
ley, plain or pasture land. 

Orlando, b. Eng., about 1630, was living 
in 1658 at Boston, Mass.; in 1664 re¬ 
moved to that part of Salisbury that is 
now Amesbury, Mass. 

Samuel was living at Weymouth, Mass., 
before 1688. 

BAILEY 

A name of office, a corruption of 
Bailiff, which is derived from French 
bailler, to deliver; a municipal office in 
Scotland corresponding to an alderman. 
Henry was living before 1690 at Fal¬ 
mouth, Maine. 

Hilkiah was at Scarborough, Maine, 
1645. 

James, b. Eng., 1612, settled at Rowley, 
Mass., 1663. 

John came from Eng., to Hartford, 
Conn., before 1656; removed to Had- 
dam, Conn., 1662. 

Rev. John, b. Blackburn, Lancashire, 
Eng., 1644; came to Watertown, Mass., 
1686, having been previously at Boston, 
Mass. No issue. 

John, weaver, came from Chippenham, 
Wiltshire, Eng., to N. E., 1635, locating 
at Newbury, Mass., in 1637. In 1637 
he removed to Colchester, now Salis¬ 
bury, Mass. 

John was at Scituate, Mass., in 1673. 
John, an inhabitant of Marshfield, 
Mass., before 1677. 

Richard, brother of James, came to 
Lynn, Mass., 1638, a servant of Rich¬ 
ard Dummer. He came from York¬ 
shire, Eng.; was afterwards at Rowley, 
Mass., where he died 1648, leaving only 
child Joseph. 

Samuel was at New Haven, Conn., 
1643. 

Theophilus was at Lynn, Mass., 1645. 
Thomas, b. Eng., settled at Weymouth, 
Mass., 1640, and was at New London, 
Conn., 1651. 

Rev. Thomas, brother of Rev. John, 
was at Watertown before 1688; died in 
1689, only thirty-five years old. 

William came from London, Eng., and 
was at Newport, R. I., as early as 1655. 


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BAKER 

Occupation surname from the Saxon 
word bacan, to dry by heat. 

Alexander, ropemaker, came from Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Cornelius, blacksmith, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1658; removed to Beverly, Mass., 
1668. 

Edward, farmer, b. Eng., came to Win- 
throp’s fleet, 1630; one of first settlers 
of Lynn, Mass., 1631. 

Francis, tailor, b. Eng., 1611, came from 
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng., to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635; removed 1641 to Yar¬ 
mouth, Mass. 

Jeffrey was at Windsor, Conn., as early 
as 1642. 

John, grocer, came from Norwich, Nor¬ 
folk, Eng., in 1630, to Charlestown, 
Mass. 

John, made a freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1642. 

John, blacksmith, was at Boston, Mass., 
1644. 

John was at Hartford, Conn., as early 
as 1665. 

Lancelot was at Boston, Mass., as 
early as 1644, removed to New Haven, 
Conn. 

Mark was at Hampton, N. H., 1678. 
Nathaniel was inhabitant of Hingham, 
Mass., 1635. 

Nicholas, brother of preceding, resided 
at Hingham, Mass., 1635; the following 
year removed to Scituate, Mass.; was 
ordained third minister of the first 
church in that town. 

Richard came from London, Eng., to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1635. 

Robert was at Roxbury, Mass., as early 
as 1673. 

Samuel, b. 1605, came from county of 
Kent, Eng., to Lynn in 1635. 

Samuel, an inhabitant of Marshfield, 
Mass., before 1656. 

Samuel a resident of Windsor, Conn., 
about 1669. 

Thomas was at Milford, Conn., 1639; 
removed in 1650 to Easthampton, L. I. 
Thomas was a freeman at Topsfield, 
Mass., 1665. 

William, carpenter and pump-maker, 
was at Plymouth, Mass., removed to 
Boston, Mass., about 1650. 

BALCH 

John, came from Bridgewater, Somer¬ 
setshire, Eng., in 1623, to Salem, Mass. 

BALCOM 

The name was originally spelled Balk- 


com, and is derived from the Gaelic bak, 
a round body, a building, house, town, 
and combe, a valley. 

Alexander, b. Eng., 1630; settled at 
Portsmouth, R. I., afterwards lived at 
Providence, R. I., where he took the 
oath of allegiance, 1682. 

Henry, of Balcome, Sussex, Eng., wai 
at Charlestown, Mass., 1664. 
BALDWIN 

The name from the old German or 
Scandinavian, the conqueror or victor; 
from bald, quick or speedy, and win, 
signifying victor or conqueror, as all 
win, all victorious. The name appears 
as early as 672 in records. One of the 
first names to appear in history is Bald¬ 
win, son of Gan, a young French knight, 
killed at the battle of Roncenvalley, 
778. Baldwin of the Iron Arm was 
founder of Burges 837. His descendants 
ruled the Dukedom of Flanders. Ma¬ 
tilda, daughter of the Duke of Flanders, 
married William the Conqueror. The 
name appears in the Roll of Battle 
Abbey; after the Conquest they became 
earls of Devonshire. The family is 
traced thr»ugh earls of Flanders to God¬ 
frey De Buillon, leader of the only suc¬ 
cessful crusade against Jerusalem. 
Henry came from Devonshire, Eng., to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1640; admitted 
freeman at Woburn, Mass., 1652. 

John settled at Guilford, Conn., re¬ 
moved to Norwich, Conn., 1660. 

John was at Stonington, Conn., removed 
to New London, Conn. 

Joseph was a settler, 1639, at Milford, 
Conn.removed to Hadley, Mass., in 
1663. 

Nathaniel, cooper, brother of preced¬ 
ing, and son of Richard, of parish 
Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, Eng., ad¬ 
mitted freeman at Milford, Conn., 1639; 
removed to Fairfield, Conn., 1641. 
Sylvester, son of Richard of St. Leon¬ 
ard’s, in parish of Aston Clinton, near 
Wendover, Bucks, Eng.; he died on his 
voyage to America, 1638; his sons 
Richard and John were early settlers of 
New Haven and of the first planters of 
Milford, Conn. 

Timothy, brother of Joseph and Na¬ 
thaniel, was an inhabitant of Milford, 
Conn., 1639. 

BALKAM 

Alexander, b. 1635, was at Portsmouth, 
R. I., 1664, afterwards at Providence, 
R. I. 

BALL 

Cornish British and Gaelic; Bal, a mine, 
the top of a hill. 


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Allen or Alling was an inhabitant of 
New Haven, Conn., 1643. 

Edward was at Branford, Conn., 1667; 
in that year removed to N. J. 

Francis came from Eng., to Dorchester, 
Mass., 1639; removed to Springfield, 
Mass., the following year. 

John admitted freeman at Watertown, 
Mass., 1650; afterwards removed to 
what is now Bedford, Mass. 

Richard was resident of Salisbury, 
Mass., 1651; removed to Dover, N. H., 
1668. 

BALLANTINE 

A place where Bal or Belus were wor¬ 
shipped by the Celts; from Bal and 
teine, fire. 

William, cooper, was of Scotch des¬ 
cent; came to Boston, Mass., before 

1652. 

BALLARD 

The name of Celtic and Gaelic origin; 
from Ball , a place, a round elevation, 
and ard, high. The Gaelic word Bal- 
lart signifies noisy, boasting. 

Samuel, b. 1638, was a freeman at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1680. 

William, who came from Eng., to Lynn, 
Mass., 1634, and died in a few years. 
William came from Wales, was admit¬ 
ted freeman at Andover, Mass., 1635, 
afterwards resided at Salem, Mass. 
BALLOU 

Norman French descent. Queenbond 
Balou was a marshal in the army of 
William the Conqueror. The family is 
seated in the County of Sussex, Eng. 
Maturin, b. Devonshire, Eng., 1610-20, 
came to N. E., 1645 5 was a proprietor 
at Providence, R. I., 1646-47. 

BALSER 

Richard was a proprietor at Andover, 
Mass., 1643. 

BALSTONE or BAULSTON 

John was a resident of Boston, Mass., 

1653. 

John was an inhabitant of Boston, 
1647. 

Jonathan, also a resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1645. 

William came to Boston in Winthrop’s 
fleet, 1630, removed to Portsmouth, N. 
H„ 1638. 

BANCROFT 

The name is from Cornish British ban , 
a mount; hill and croft, a green pas¬ 
ture. 

John came in 1632 from London, Eng., 
to Lynn, Mass., died 1637, leaving two 
sons, John and Thomas. 


John was at Windsor, Conn., before 
1650. 

Nathaniel was at Westfield, Mass., 
before 1675. 

Roger was at Cambridge, Mass., 1636, 
made a freeman 1642. 

BANGS 

A corruption of Banks, or from the 
French bain , a bath, a hot-house. 
William de Banc was living at Cam¬ 
bridge, Eng., 1130. 

Edward, shipwright, afterwards licensed 
as a merchant, b. Chichester, Sussex, 
Eng., 1592; came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1623; removed to Eastham, Mass., 1644. 
BANKS 

Identical with Bangs. 

George was at New Haven, Conn., 1646. 
John, one of the first settlers of Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., settled at Fairfield, Conn., 

1643. 

Richard was at Kittery, Maine, 1649, 
living at York, Maine, 1673. 

Richard, one of the founders of the 
first Episcopal Society in Boston, 1686. 

BANISTER 

The keeper of a bath, from the French 
word bain, a bath. 

Christopher was at Marlboro, Mass., 

1657- 

Thomas, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1685. 

BANNING 

John, settled at Lyme, Conn., 1695. 
BARBER 

Occupation surname. 

Edward, an inhabitant at Dedham, 
Mass., 1644. 

George, b. Eng., 1615, was a townsman 
in Dedham, Mass., 1635, one of the 
original proprietors of Medfield, Mass., 
1656. 

James, tailor, at Dorchester, Mass., 
about 1683. 

John, carpenter, was at Salem, Mass., 
1637. 

Josiah, a resident of Simsbury, Conn., 

1677. 

Richard, a freeman at Dedham, Mass., 
1640. 

Robert, granted land at Exeter, N. H., 
1690. 

Thomas was at Dorchester, Mass., 1634, 
removed to Windsor, Conn., the follow¬ 
ing year. 

William, granted land at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1638; was at Salem, Mass., 1639, 
and at Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 


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William was at Killingworth, Conn., 
about 1667. 

BARBRIDGE 

Christopher, b. Eng., settled at Salem, 
Mass., 1662. 

BARDWELL 

Robert, b. 1647, came from London, 

Eng., to Hatfield, Mass., 1676. 

William, b. Eng., 1624, came to Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1638; afterwards settled at 
Duxbury, Mass. 

BARKER 

The name originated from the old Eng¬ 
lish word barker, a stripper of bark 
~ f\from the trees. Where there was a 
there was a barker. The family 
of County of Salop is descended from 
Randulp de Govgxee^ who, in 1200, 
changed his name to William le Barker. 
Edward came to Boston, Mass., 1650. 
Francis was an inhabitant of Concord, 
Mass., 1655. 

James, tailor, b. Stragwell, Eng., 1605, 
was a freeman at Rowley, Mass., 1640. 
James, son of Rowland, son of Edward, 
son of John, b. Eng., in 1634, embarked 
for N. E., died on voyage. His son, 
James, b. Harwich, Essex, Eng., -*632 -,iGT*!} 
was left in charge of his aunt, Mrs . 

' Thomas Beecher ; in his boyhood ne 

lived' at Charlestown, Mass.; 1651 was 
VT at Newport, R. I., was identified with 
Westerly, R. I. 

^ ^ John was at Duxbury, Mass., 1632^ 

removed to Marshfield, Mass., 1638, and 
was drowned 1652. 

Joseph was at Weymouth, Mass., 1652. 
Nicholas, carpenter, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1655. 

Richard, husbandman, b. Eng., was at 
Andover, Mass., 1643. 

Robert, brother of James, b. Eng., 1616; 
came to Duxbury, Mass., 1641. 

Thomas, brother of James, b. Stronge- 
well, Suffolk, Eng., settled at Rowley, 
Mass., 1638; no male issue. 

Thomas, freeman at Boston, Mass., 

1678. 

BARLOW 

Aaron was at Rochester, Mass., 1684. 
Bartholomew, cooper, was an inhabi¬ 
tant of Boston, Mass., 1648-57. 

Edward was at Malden, Mass., 1660. 

George, minister and lawyer, was at Ex¬ 
eter, N. H., 1639, and Saco, Maine, 

1652. 

George was an inhabitant of Milford, 
Conn., before 1690. 

James was at Suffield, Conn., 1680. 






Thomas an inhabitant of Fairfield, 
Conn., 1653. 

Thomas was at Boston, Mass., as early 
as 1657. 

BARNABY 

James was at Plymouth, Mass., 1647. 

BARNARD 

From the Saxon Bearn or Bairn, a child, 
and the Teutonic ard, nature, of a 
child-like disposition. 

Bartholomew, carpenter, was at York, 
Maine, 1651, afterwards at Boston, 
Mass. 

Francis, an inhabitant of Hartford, 
Conn., 1644; removed to Hadley, Mass., 
1650. 

John, b. Eng., 1604, settled at Water- 
town, Mass., 1634. 

John, b. Eng., 1598, came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1634; removed to Hartford. 
Conn., 1636, and to Hadley, Mass., 1659. 
Massachiel was at Weymouth, Mass., 
1637; no male issue. 

Nathaniel was at Boston, Mass., 1659; 
removed to Nantucket, Mass., 1663. 

Richard died at Springfield, Mass., 
1683. 

Robert, yeoman, b. Eng., was at Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., before 1640; at Andover, 
Mass., 1644; and Nantucket, Mass., 
1663; had only son John. 

Robert, one of the founders of the 
church at Andover, Mass., 1645. 

Thomas, husbandman, b. Eng., 1612; 
granted lands at Salisbury, Mass., 1640; 
brother of Robert who removed to Nan¬ 
tucket, Mass.; among the first settlers 
of Amesbury, Mass. 

BARNES 

A distinguished family of Sotterly, Suf¬ 
folk, Eng.; Bearn, local, a city in 
France; Cornish British Barnyz, a judge. 
Traces of the family are found in Eng¬ 
land under Norman kings. The name 
may be also a corruption of the Norse 
bjoin, signifying warrior. The family 
seat for five hundred years has been in 
Surrey, Eng. Sir Hugo de Berners 
came from France with William the 
Conqueror. A clear pedigree of the 
family begins with John Berners of 
West Horsley, Surrey, in 1347. 

Daniel was at New Haven, Conn., 1644. 
James was a freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1681. 

John, merchant and yeoman, b. near the 
town of Barnes, now a suburb of Lon¬ 
don, Eng., was at Plymouth, Mass., 
1633, removed, 1639, to Yarmouth, Mass. 



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John was an inhabitant at Concord, 
Mass., 1661. 

Matthew, miller, was at Braintree, 
Mass., in 1641; removed to Boston, 
Mass., 1652. 

Richard came to N. E., 1639; was after¬ 
wards at Marlboro, Mass. 

Thomas was resident of Hingham, 
Mass., 1637. 

Thomas was at Salem, Mass., about 
1655. 

Thomas, a resident of Hartford, Conn., 
1639; was one of the early settlers of 
Farmington, Conn. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1636; came to N. E., 
1656; settled at Marlboro, Mass., 1666; 
one of the original proprietors. 
Thomas, brother of Daniel, settled at 
New Haven, Conn., 1639; removed, 1660, 
to Middletown, Conn. 

William was a freeman at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1641; one of the first settlers of 
Amesbury, Mass., 1654. 

BARNEY 

A familiar abbreviation or corruption 
of Bernard or Barnard (see). 

Jacob, son of Edward, b. Bradenham, 
Eng., 1601; came to Salem, Mass., 1634. 
Jacob, one of the founders of the first 
Baptist church in Boston, Mass., 1668. 

BARNUM 

A corruption of Bearnham, the town in 
a wood or hill. The original family 
seat of the family was at Southwich, 
Hants, Eng. 

Thomas was at Fairfield, Conn., and 
in 1662 at Norwalk, Conn.; one of the 
first eight settlers at Danbury, Conn., 
1684. 

BARRELL 

From the Gaelic Bar rail, excellent, sur¬ 
passing. 

George, cooper, was at Boston, Mass., 
1638. 

John, cooper, brother of preceding, b. 
Eng., came to Boston, Mass., 1643. 
John was at Watertown, Mass., before 
1658; no male issue. 

William, brother of George, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1638, died the following 
year. 

BARRET 

From the old French word barat, strife, 
cunning. 

Humphrey, b. Eng., 1592; came to Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1640. 

James, b. Eng., 1615-19; was at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1643; removed to Malden, 
Mass. 

John was at Taunton, Mass., 1643. 


John, a resident of Malden, Mass., 1653. 
John, an inhabitant of Chelmsford, 
Mass., about 1659. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass.; 
afterwards removed to Chelmsford, 
Mass. 

Thomas came to N. E., 1635, made free¬ 
man at Braintree, Mass., 1645; granted 
lands at Chelmsford, Mass., 1660. 
William, brother of preceding, was at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1656. 

BARROWS or BARRUS 

The name of a river in Ireland; a cir¬ 
cular earthen mound, marking the place 
of interment of some noted person, also 
a place of defense. 

James was taxed at Dover, N. H., 1670. 
John, b. Eng., sailed for N. E., and set¬ 
tled at Salem, Mass., 1637; removed to 
Plymouth, Mass. 

BARSHAM 

William came in 1630 to Watertown, 
Mass., made freeman 1637. 

BARSTOW 

Barr, the top of a hill, and stow, a place 
or depository. Bar in Gaelic, Welch 
and Cornish British means the summit 
or top of anything. The Gaelic or 
Irish aran and barr signify bread, a 
crop of grain; Welch, bar, bread, an 
ear of corn; Saxon, bar and bere, corn, 
barley. Barstow, a place where grain 
is stored. 

George, b. Eng., 1614; came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635 J 
granted land in Dedham, Mass., where 
he resided before 1642; removed to 
Scituate, Mass. 

John, youngest brother of preceding, b. 
Yorkshire, Eng., came to Cambridge, 
Mass., prior to 1650. 

Michael, or Miles, son of Matthew of 
Shelf near Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., 
eldest brother of preceding, was at 
Charlestown, Mass., where his wife 
joined the church in 1635; removed in 
1642 to Watertown, Mass. 

William, brother of preceding, came to 
Dedham, Mass., 1635; freeman at Scit¬ 
uate, Mass., 1649, and the first settler 
of Hanover, Mass. 

BART 

The family is descended from Sir 
Hamo de Burt of the Manor in the lord- 
ship of Homingtoft, Eng. The surname 
is derived from the Saxon heart, which 
signifies bright in sense of illustrious. 
Henry came from Eng., to Mass., 1631; 
was at Roxbury, Mass., 1638; removed 
to Springfield, Mass., 1640. 
BARTHOLOMEW 

Derived from Hebrew word Bartholo- 


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mew, the son of him who maketh the 
waters to mount, or a son that suspends 
the waters. 

Henry was at Salem, Mass., 1635. 
Richard, brother of the preceding, made 
freeman at Boston, Mass., 1641. 

William, son of William, a mercer of 
Burford, Eng., and fourth generation 
from John of Warborough, Oxford¬ 
shire, Eng., b. Burford, Eng., 1602-03, 
came to Boston, Mass., with two broth¬ 
ers mentioned above; he was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634. 

BARTLETT 

A diminutive of Bartholomew—little 
Bart, originally spelled Barttelot; the 
family traced to Adam Barttelot, who 
came with William the Conqueror; 
granted lands in Stopham, Sussex. 
Christopher was at Newbury, Mass., 

1635- 

George, an inhabitant of Guilford, Conn., 
1641; removed to Branford, Conn., 
1649; was known as Lieut. George. 
Henry, b. Eng., 1600; settled at Brain¬ 
tree, Mass.; was afterwards at Marl¬ 
boro, Mass.; was of Welsh descent. 
John, son of Edward, came from Kent, 
Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1635. 

John, brother of George, was at Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., in 1640. 

John was at Weymouth, Mass., before 
1666; removed to Mendon, Mass. 

Joseph settled in what is now Newton, 
Mass., 1668. 

Richard, shoemaker, son of Edward, 
brother of John and Christopher, b. 
Wiltshire, Eng., 1575, settled at New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1634. 

Robert, b. Eng., came to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1623; one of the first purchasers 
of land in Dartmouth, Mass. 

Robert, an original proprietor of Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1632; removed to Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1636. 

Capt. Robert, yeoman and fisherman, b. 
Eng., 1638; was resident of Mass., 1666, 
settled at Marblehead, Mass., 1669. 
Thomas was resident of Watertown, 
Mass., 1631. 

BARTOL 

John, bapt. Eng., 1601; came to Salem, 
Mass., short time afterward; in 1634, 
went to Marblehead, Mass. 

BARTON 

From a town in Lincolnshire, Eng., a 
corn or barley village from bere, barley, 
and ton, an enclosure, a house, a village. 
In Devonshire it is applied to any free¬ 
hold estate not possessed of manorial 
privileges. 


James, ropemaker, was at Newbury, 
Mass., 1688, previous to this at Boston, 
Mass. 

Matthew was at Salem, Mass., before 
1682. 

Rufus was at Portsmouth, R. I., 1648. 
Samuel located at Salem, Mass., 1693; 
afterwards resided at Oxford, Mass. 
BARTRAM, BERTRAM 

Norman ancestry. William Bartram in 
time of Henry I founded priory of 
Bunkham, County of Northumberland, 
Eng. 

John came from Eng., to Stratford, 
Conn., an early settler, where he died 

1676. 

BASCOM 

Thomas came from Eng., to Dorchester, 
Mass., 1633-34; removed to Windsor, 
Conn., 1639. 

BASS 

Samuel at Roxbury, Mass., 1632, re¬ 
moved to Braintree, Mass., 1640. 
BASSETT 

From French Basset, a little fat man 
with short legs and thighs. 

John was resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1647. 

Joseph married in Hingham, Mass., 

1677. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1604, came to Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., 1641; first sat down at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass.; removed to Fairfield, 
Conn., before 1653. 

William, son of Walter, came to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1621; original proprietor 
of Bridgewater, Mass.; lived at Sand¬ 
wich, and Duxbury, Mass. 

BASSOM or BASSUM (abbreviation for 
Bassamthwaite) 

Thomas was at Windsor, Conn., 1642. 
William was at Watertown, Mass., 
1636; died early; his widow shared in 
lands at Watertown, Mass., and settled, 
in 1639, at Sudbury, Mass. 

BASTON 

Thomas settled at Saco, Maine, 1666. 
BATEMAN 

From Baitman, a keeper of a house of 
entertainment, and Bateman, a conten¬ 
tious man, from Saxon bate —strife, to 
beat, contention. 

Eleazer was at Woburn, Mass., prior 
to 1686. 

John, an inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1644. 

Thomas was a freeman at Concord, 
Mass., 1642. 

William was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1631; removed to Chelmsford, Mass. 


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BATES 

From Anglo-Saxon bate meaning con¬ 
tention. The English ancestry is traced 
to Sir Gerard Bate, Yorkshire, Eng., 
Lord Mayor of London, 1248. 

• Clement, tailor, son of Thomas, and 
direct descendant in fifth generation of 
Thomas Bate, of parish All Hallows, 
Kent, Eng., who died 1485, b. Hingham, 
Kent, Eng., 1598, settled at Hingham, 
Mass., in 1635. 

Edward or Edmund, b. Eng., 1605, 
brother of preceding, joined the first 
church at Boston, Mass., 1633; was a 
freeman at Weymouth, Mass., 1639. 
Francis was at Topsfield, Mass., 1661. 
George, thatcher, freeman at Boston, 
1636, lived in what is now Brookline, 
Mass. 

James, husbandman, brother of Clement 
and Edward, was at Dorchester, Mass., 

1635. 

BATRAM 

John came to Stratford, Conn., where 
he died 1675. 

John was resident of Weymouth, Mass., 

1655- 

John lived at New London, Conn., 1677. 
Robert was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1640. 
Robert an inhabitant of Lynn, Mass., 
previous to 1672. 

Samuel was at Saybrook, Conn., 1676. 
BATSON 

Stephen was at Saco, Maine, 1636, 
removed to Kennebunk, Maine, 1653. 
BATT 

Christopher, tanner, came from Salis¬ 
bury, Wiltshire, Eng., 1638, to Newbury, 
Mass. 

Nicholas, brother of preceding, was at 
Boston, Mass., 1635; no male issue. 

BATTELLE or BATTLE 

A family name as eaviy as 12th century, 
of Norwegian origin. 

Thomas, b. 1620, was at Dedham, Mass., 
1648. 

BATTEN 

Benjamin, merchant, Boston, Mass., 
1671. 

Hugh, a resident of Dorchester, Mass., 
1658. 

BATTER 

Edmund, malster, came from Salisbury, 
Wiltshire, Eng., 1635; made a freeman 
at Salem, Mass., 1637. 

Nicholas, was a freeman at Lynn, 
Mass., 1638. 


BATTING or BATTENS 

William was at Saco, Maine, 1659 and 
moved to Scarborough, Maine, 1663. 
BAXTER 

Anglo-Saxon from bagster, a baker. 
Daniel was an inhabitant of Salem, 
Mass., 1639. 

George was at Providence, R. I., 1650. 
Gregory came in Winthrop’s fleet 1630, 
settled at Roxbury, Mass., next year 
removed to Braintree. 

James married at Charlestown, Mass., 

1659- 

John, a resident of Salem, Mass., 1667. 
Nicholas, mariner, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1639. 

Richard came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

William was at Marblehead, Mass., 
1674 - 

BAY or BAYES 

Matthew was at Ipswich, Mass., 1659. 
Thomas was at Dedham, Mass., 1643, 
removed to Boston, Mass. 

BAYLEY 

Benjamin was a resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1673. 

Guido was an inhabitant of Salem, 
Mass., as early as 1642. 

James was a resident of Roxbury, Mass., 
1641. 

John, weaver, came from Chippenham, 
Wiltshire, Eng., to Salisbury, Mass., 
as early as 1634, removed, 1650, to New¬ 
bury, Mass. 

Jonas swore allegiance to Mass., at 
Scarborough, Maine, 1658. 

Nicholas, brother of preceding, was at 
Saco, Maine, 1663. 

Thomas was at New London, Conn., 
1652. 

BAYSEY 

John, weaver, an original proprietor of 
Hartford, Conn.; no male issue. 

BEACH or BEECH 

The shore of sea, lake or river. 

John, b. Eng., settled at Stratford, 
Conn. 

Richard, brother of preceding, came 
from London, Eng.; settled in Water- 
town, Mass., 1635, at New Haven, Conn., 
1639. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, was at 
New Haven, Conn.; in 1658 at Milford, 
Conn. He and his brothers were later 
at Wallingford, Conn. 


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BEACHEN 

Robert was at Fairfield, Conn., 1669. 

BEADLE 

A name of office; a messenger or crier 
of a court; an officer belonging to a 
university or parish. 

Nathaniel was at Salem, Mass., 1670. 
Samuel, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
1658; removed to Salem, Mass. 
Thomas, mariner, brother of Nathaniel, 
was resident of Salem, Mass., before 
1679. 

BEAL, BEALE or BEALS 

Place name from Biel, a town in Switz¬ 
erland. The Gaelic word beul signifies 
the mouth. 

Abraham, a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1657. 

Benjamin was at Dorchester, Mass., 
1674; removed to Boston, 1676. 

John, shoemaker, came from parish of 
Hingham, Norfolk, Eng., where he was 
born 1588, to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 
Joseph sent by Mason to Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1631. 

Samuel was a resident of Salem, Mass., 
before 1682. 

Thomas at Cambridge, Mass., 1634; no 
issue. 

Col. William, spelled his name with a 
final “e,” came from London, Eng., and 
in 1653 was at York, Maine; returned 
to Eng., and was succeeded by his son, 
Arthur, b. London, Eng., 1620, and came 
to York, Maine, 1655. 

BEAMAN 

Gamaliel, b. Eng., 1623, came to N. E., 
as a minor 1635, lived at Dorchester, 
Mass., where he was proprietor 1649; 
one of the incorporators of Lancaster, 
Mass. 

BEAMOND or BEAMAN 

John, b. Eng., 1612, came to N. E., 1635, 
was at Salem, Mass., 1640 and Scituate, 
Mass., 1643. 

Simon was at Springfield, Mass., in 1655. 
William, brother of John, b. Eng., 1608, 
came to N. E., 1635, located at Saybrook, 
Conn. 

BEAMSLEY 

William was freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1636, arrived from Eng., 1632. 

BEAN, BEANE or BEANES 

The surname comes from the Scotch 
clan Vean, the letters, b and v in Gaelic 
being interchangeable signify mountain; 
however, it may be derived from the 
fair comolexion of the clan’s progenitor, 
bean , meaning white or fair, used by the 


Highlanders to distinguish a man of 
fair complexion. The clan Vean or 
MacBean was one of the tribes of Clan 
Chattan, which occupied the Lochaber 
territory, 1300. 

John, b. Scotland, settled at Exeter, N. 
H., 1660-77. 

Lewis was at York, Maine, 1668. 
Michael was at Kittery, Maine, 1653. 
Philip was granted lands at Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

BEARD 

Aaron swore fidelity to Mass., 1674 at 
Pemaquid. 

John was at Milford, Conn., 1642; 
came from Eng., with two brothers, 
James and Jeremy, of whom little is 
known. 

Thomas, shoemaker, was at Plymouth, 
Mass., 1629; removed to Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1644. 

Thomas, mariner, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1675. 

William, a resident of Dover, N. H., 
was killed by Indians 1675. 
BEARDSLEY or BEADSLEY 

Thomas was a resident of Milford, 
Conn., 1647. 

William, mason, b. Stratford-on-Avon, 
Eng., 1605, came to N. E., 1635; located 
at Hartford, Conn., 1638; the following 
year was one of the first settlers at 
Stratford, Conn. 

BEARSE, BEARCE or BEIRCE 

Austin, b. 1618, settled at Barnstable, 
Mass., 1638. 

BEAUCHAMP 

From Normandy French De Beauchamp, 
from the fair or beautiful field; in 
Latin De Bello Cawipo. 

Edward was a resident of Salem, Mass., 
1637. 

John, leather dresser, Huguenot des¬ 
cent; on record at Boston, Mass., 1687; 
removed to Hartford, Conn., 1711. 
BECK 

From Anglo-Saxon becc, a brook. 
Alexander, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1634 - 

Henry came from Hertfordshire, Eng., 
to Portsmouth, N. H., 1635. 

BECKETT 

A little brook. 

John, shipwright, settled at Salem, 
Mass., 1649. 

Stephen came as minor eleven years 
of age, 1634, under charge of Richard 
Pepper, to Roxbury, Mass. After a 
few years removed to Hartford, Conn. 


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BECKFORD or BICKFORD 

George was at Dover, N. H., 1666, and 
lived at Marblehead, Mass., 1678. 
John, b. Eng., about 1612, settled, 1645, 
at what is now Durham, N. H. 

Samuel lived at Salisbury, Mass., in 
1678 purchased land and removed to 
Nantucket, Mass. 

BECKLEY 

The meadow or pasture by the brook, 
from beck, a brook, and ley, field or 
meadow. 

Richard, b. Hampshire, Eng., 1618, on 
record at New Haven, Conn., 1639; re¬ 
moved to Wethersfield, Conn., 1660. 
BECKWITH 

The same as Beckworth, the farm or 
place by the brook, from beck, a brook, 
and worth, a farm. Hugh de Malebisse 
was a knight under William the Con¬ 
queror. His great-grandson, Sir Her¬ 
cules, married Lady Beckwith Bruce, in 
1226, and heiress of an estate named 
Beckwith, and Sir Hercules assumed the 
name of his wife’s estate. 

Matthew, b. Portefract, Yorkshire, 
Eng., 1610, came to Saybrook, Conn., 
1635; three years later he was at Bran¬ 
ford, Conn., and in 1645 lived at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn.; afterwards was at Lyme 
and New London, Conn. 

Stephen was at Norwalk, Conn., 1654. 
BEDLE, BEDEL or BEEDLE 

Robert was at Wethersfield, Conn.; re¬ 
moved to New London, Conn., 1648. 
BEDURTHA or BORDURTHA 

Rice or Reice was a resident of Spring- 
field, Mass., 1646. 

BEEBE or BEEBY 

The family is of Norman origin. Rich¬ 
ard and William de Boebe were two 
knights in the Royal Guard of William 
the Conqueror. 

James was married at Hadley, Mass., 
1668. 

James was a resident of Stratford, 
Conn., 1679; removed to Norwalk, 
Conn., thence to Danbury, Conn. 

John, son of John, grandson of Alex¬ 
ander of Great Addington, Eng., b. 
Broughton, Northampton, Eng., 1600, 
came to New London, Conn., 1650, with 
a family of five sons and two daughters. 

BEECHER or BEACHER 

From the French Beau chere, a fine en¬ 
tertainment ; or from beech-wood. 
Hannah, widow of John of Kent, Eng., 
came to Boston, 1637, with her family, 
the only son being Isaac, who became 
identified with New Haven, Conn. 


Thomas, mariner, freeman at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1632, having come to N. 
E., 1630. 

BEEDE 

Thomas was at Newport, R. I., 1639. 
BEEFORD 

Richard, an inhabitant of Gloucester, 
Mass., 1643. 

BEERS or BEERE 

Ancient English family; surname de¬ 
rived from Beer, a town in Dorsetshire, 
Eng. In Dutch, beer signifies a bear, a 
boar. The family existed as early as 
the 13th century, under the name of De 
Bere, in the parish of Westcliffe, Kent, 
Eng. There was a place called Bere’s 
or Byer Court. William de Bere of 
Bere Court was bailiff of Dover, Eng., 
1275. An unbroken line can be traced 
from Martin de Bere, living at Roches¬ 
ter, Kent, i486, to the American pro¬ 
genitor. 

Anthony, mariner, son of John of 
Gravesend, Eng., and fifth generation 
from Nicholas de Bere, who held the 
Manor of Bere’s in the twentieth year 
of the reign of Henry III, came from 
Kent, Eng., 1635, settled with his uncle, 
Richard, and brother, James; removed 
to Fairfield, Conn., 1659, and was lost 
at sea 1676. 

James, brother of the preceding, was at 
Watertown, Mass., and in 1657 at Fair- 
field, Conn. 

John, son of Edward of Dorsetshire, 
Eng., was a resident of Newport, R. I., 
1664. 

John was at Gloucester, Mass., 1675. 
Philip, a resident of Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Richard was inhabitant of Marshfield, 
Mass., 1636. 

Richard, brother of John of Graves¬ 
end, Eng., b. 1607, came to Watertown, 
1635, was killed in King Philip’s War, 
ranking as captain. 

Robert married at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1673. 

Thomas, living at New Haven, Conn., 
1654. 

BEHONEY 

Peter was living at Watertown, Mass., 
1688. 

BEIGHTON 

Samuel, cooper, was at Boston, Mass., 
1684. 

BELCHER 

From old French word Bel-chere — 
good cheer, fine entertainment. 

Andrew on record at Salisbury, Mass., 
1639. 


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Gregory, b. Eng., 1606, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1634; proprietor at Braintree, 
Mass., 1637. 

Jeremy settled at Ipswich. Mass., 1635. 
John, resident of Braintree, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1656. 

BELCONGER 

John married at Newbury, Mass., 1666. 
BELDEN or BELDING 

From the Cornish British, the beauti¬ 
ful hill Beildin, the hill of Belus, a 
place of Druid worship; Bayldon or 
Buildon Common is a chapelry in the 
West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng. Walter 
Blaydon is the earliest English ancestor 
known in a direct line; lived in the 
15th century. 

Henry was a resident of Woburn, Mass., 
1641. 

Richard, bapt. Kippax, Eng., 1591; was 
at Wethersfield, Conn., 1641. 

William was an inhabitant of Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1646. 

BELKNAP 

Abraham, b. Eng., settled at Lynn, 
Mass., 1637, removed to Salem, where 
he died 1643. 

BELL 

A name taken from the sign of an inn 
or shop, a bell being frequently used. 
Abraham was at New Haven, Conn., 
1639, removed to Charlestown, Mass., 
1647. 

Francis was at Stamford, Conn., 1641, 
previously at Wethersfield, Conn. 

James took oath of fidelity at New 
Haven, Conn., 1644. 

John was at Sandwich, Mass., 1643; at 
Yarmouth, Mass., 1657. 

Philip, at Boston, Mass., 1668. 

Rorert, tailor, was resident of Hartford, 
Conn., before 1684. 

Shadrach, inhabitant of Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1685. 

Thomas, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 
1636. 

Thomas resided at Boston, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas resident of Stonington, Conn., 
1667-79. 

BELLAMY 

From Bellesme, a town of France, or 
from the French belami, a dear friend; 
bel fair or beautiful, and ami friend or 
companion. 

Matthew, schoolmaster, first at Fair- 
field, Conn., 1658 at Stamford, Conn.; 
married, 1671, at New Haven, Conn.; 
afterwards at Guilford and Killing- 
worth, Conn. 


BELLEW 

Normandy French De Bellew, a corrup¬ 
tion of De Belle Eau, from the beauti¬ 
ful water. The family originally came 
from Italy, went to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror, afterwards settled 
at Meath, Ireland. 

William was at Dover, N. H., 1644. 
BELLEFLOWER 

Henry was at Reading, Mass., 1656; 
no male issue. 

BELLINGHAM 

Richard came from Boston, Mass., 

1634, afterwards removed to Ipswich, 
thence to Rowley, Mass. 

William, brother of the preceding, 
freeman at Rowley, Mass., 1650; no 
issue. 

BELLOWS 

John, carpenter, b. Eng., 1623, came to 
N. E., 1635, at the age of 12 years; set¬ 
tled at Concord, Mass., 1645; later re¬ 
moved to Marlboro, Mass. 

Maturin was in Providence, R. I., 1645. 
Robert, a resident of Boston, Mass., 

1654- 

BEMENT 

John, b. Eng., came to Salem, Mass., 

1635. 

Symon, of French origin, was early 
resident of Springfield, Mass. 

William, brother of John, b. Eng., 1612, 
came to Salem, Mass., 1635. 

BEMIS 

James, granted lands at New London, 
Conn., 1649; no male issue. 

Joseph, blacksmith and farmer, b. Eng., 
1619, came to Watertown, Mass., 1640. 
BENDALL 

Edward came in Winthrop’s fleet, set¬ 
tled at Boston, Mass. 

BENEDICT 

From the Latin Benedictus, blessed, 
well spoken of, or a person wishing all 
good; the name in general use in the 
reign of Edward II; the ancient seat of 
the family was Norwich, Eng. 
Thomas, weaver, only son of William, 
b. Nottinghamshire, Eng., 1617, came to 
Mass., 1638; removed before 1650 to 
Southold, L. I. 

BENHAM 

John came to Dorchester, Mass., 1630; 
removed to New Haven, Conn., 1640. 

BENJAMIN 

From Hebrew, the son of the right 
hand; the youngest of Jacob’s twelve 
children. 

John came to Boston, Mass., 1632; pro- 


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prietor at Cambridge, Mass., 1637; re¬ 
moved in that year to Watertown, Mass. 
Robert, brother of preceding, came to 
N. E., 1632; located before 1663 at 
Southold, L. I. 

BENMORE 

Charles, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1677. 

Philip was at Dover, N. H., before 
1669. 

BENNETT 

A contraction or corruption of Benedict 
(see). 

Ambrose, a resident of Boston, Mass., 

1653- 

Anthony, Welsh descent, settled at 
Goose Creek, Gloucester, Mass., 1679, 
removed to Beverly, Mass.; later to 
Rowley, Mass. 

David, physician, was a resident of Row- 
ley, Mass. 

Edmund or Edward, freeman at Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1636; removed to Reho- 
both, Mass., 1643, and 1676 was at 
Providence, R. I. 

Francis a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1650; drowned at Noddle’s Island the 
following year. 

Henry, b. Eng., 1629; settled at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1650; previous to this he was at 
Salem, Mass. 

Henry, an inhabitant of Lyme, Conn., 
1673. 

James, b. Eng., freeman of Concord, 
Mass., 1639; in 1644 removed to Fair- 
field, Conn. 

John, weaver, b. Eng., 1632 was at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1650. 

John, a resident of Salem, Mass., 1633. 
Joseph was a resident of Newport, R. 
I., 1674. 

Richard was at Salem, Mass., 1636; 
removed to Boston, Mass., 1642. 

Robert, freeman at Newport, R. I., 1655. 
Samuel, carpenter, b. Eng., 1611, came 
to what is now Saugus, 1635; removed 
to what is now Chelsea, Mass., 1639. 
Samuel was resident of Providence, R. 
I., prior to 1645, afterwards removed to 
East Greenwich, R. I. 

Thomas, a resident of Fairfield, Conn., 
1664. 

William, b. Eng., 1602, came to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1631-33, and was at Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

BENNING 

Ralph was an inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., 1661. 


BENSON 

Ben’s-son, the son of Benjamin. This 
large and ancient family identified with 
Masham, Eng., as early as 1300. 

John Benson in 1348 held a croft from 
the Abbey of Fountains at Swenton by 
Masham. 

John, b. Caversham, Oxfordshire, Eng., 
1608; came to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 
John, a ‘resident of Rochester, Mass., 
before 1689. 

BENT 

A local name, a plain, a moor covered 
with bent grass. 

John, husbandman, son of Robert, 
grandson of John, b. Penton-Grafton, 
Eng., 1603, came to Sudbury, Mass., 
1638. 

Josiah, a resident of Marshfield, Mass., 
1666. 

Robert, died at Newbury, Mass., 1648. 
BENTLEY 

From bent, a moor, and ley, unculti¬ 
vated ground. It is the name of a 
parish in the deanery of Doncaster, and 
south part of Yorkshire, Eng. 

Richard was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1690. 

William, b. 1588, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

BENTON * 

Andrew, bapt. at Eppbng, Eng., 1620, 
settled at Milford, Conn., 1639, removed 
to Hartford, Conn., 1660. 

Daniel was at Guilford, Conn., 1669. 
Edward, b. Wiltshire, Eng., settled at 
Guilford, Conn., 1650. 

BERNON 

Gabriel, French Huguenot, son of 
Andre, b. Rochelle, France, 1644, came 
to Boston, Mass., and removed to New¬ 
port, R. I., after 1691, died at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1736; no male issue. 
BERRY 

A family of ancient English origin; the 
name derived from bury or borough, a 
place of safety, of defense. A province 
of France is named Berri. 

Ambrose was at Saco, Maine, 1636; no 
male issue. 

Anthony was an inhabitant of Yar¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1643; afterwards at 
Gloucester, Mass. 

Christopher was at Salem, Mass., 1640. 
Edmund resident of Sandwich, Mass., 
1643. 

Edward, weaver, was at Salem, Mass., 
about 1655. 


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John was at Boston, Mass., 1664; after¬ 
wards, 1666, at Portsmouth, Mass. 
John married at Ipswich, Mass., 1671. 
Richard was at Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, mariner, was resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1668-73. 

William was at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1631; removed to Newbury, Mass., 1635, 
and 1648-9 received land grants at Rye, 
N. H. 

BESBEDGE, BESBITCH or BEESBEECH 
Thomas came from parish Hedcorn, 
Kent, Eng., to Scituate, Mass., 1635; 
removed to Duxbury, Mass., 1643; later 
to Sudbury, Mass. 

BESSE or BESSEY 

Anthony came from London, Eng., to 
Lynn, 1635, removed to Sandwich, Mass., 
1637 - 

BEST 

John, tailor, came from parish St. 
George, city of Canterbury, Eng., 1630, 
to N. E. 

Robert was at Sudbury, Mass., early 
date; no male issue. 

BESWICK 

George was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
where he died 1672. 

BETSCOMBE or BETSHAM 

Richard, freeman at Hingham, Mass., 
1637. 

BETTS 

A contraction of the Latin Beatus — 
happy. 

John, b. Eng., 1594, came to N. E., 
1634; was at Cambridge and Lexington, 
Mass.; no male issue. 

John, an inhabitant of Wethersfield, 
Conn., before 1648. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., 1678. 
Richard came from Hemel Hempstead, 
Herts, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 1648; 
removed, 1656, to Newtown, L. I. 
Roger took oath of fidelity at New 
Haven, Conn., 1644; two years later was 
at Branford, Conn. 

Samuel, brother of preceding, was pro¬ 
prietor at Branford, Conn., 1679. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1618, came to N. E., 
1639; one of the founders of Guilford, 
Conn., 1650; resided at Milford, Conn., 
1658; at Norwalk, Conn., 1664. 

William, turner, was at Barnstable, 
Mass., in 1635, joined church at Scituate, 
Mass., afterwards lived at Dorchester, 
Mass. 

BETTY 

James was at Salem, Mass., 1661; no 
record of any male issue. 


BEVANS or BEVENS 

From Welch; a contraction of Ap Evans 
or Ivan, the son of John, from ap son, 
and Ivan, John. 

Arthur died at Glastonbury, Conn., 
1697 - 

Benjamin was at Farmington, Conn., 
before 1688. 

Rowland, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1660. 

BEWETT, BUET, or BUITT 

George was at Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 
Hugh, banished from Mass., 1640; re¬ 
moved to Providence, R. I. 

BIBBLE 

John, a resident of Boston, Mass., 1637, 
and of Malden, Mass., 1644; no record 
of any children. 

BICKMORE 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1601, came to N. E., 

1635- 

BICKNELL 

John was at Weymouth, Mass., before 
1651. 

Zachary, b. Eng., 1590, came to N. E., 
with only son, John, 11 years of age, in 
1635; he died following year at Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass. 

BICKNOR or BICKNER 

Thomas was at Charlestown, Mass., 
before 1655. 

William was at Charlestown, 1658, and 
died following year. 

BIDDLE 

The same as Beadle, of which it is a 
corruption. 

John was resident of Hartford, Conn., 

1639. 

Joseph married at Marshfield, Mass., 
1636, came to N. E., the previous year; 
no issue. 

BIDFIELD, BEDFIELD or BETFIELD 

Samuel, cooper, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1641. 

BIDGOOD or BETGOOD 

Boston, a merchant from Romsey, 
Hants, Eng., came 1638 to N. E., and 
was at Ipswich, Mass., 1642. 

BIDWELL 

From the Saxon word Biddulph, mean¬ 
ing a castle, same as Botolph, derived 
from Boat and ulph; a castle built in 
1066 in County of Norfolk, Eng., was 
named Biddulph Castle. 

Richard, an early settler of Windsor, 
Conn., where he died 1647. 

BIGELOW 

The name is from Anglo-Saxon big gar, 
big and hlaew, a hill or barrow. In 


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Cornish British Bygel is a herdsman, a 
shepherd, and the name may have been 
applied to a commander of an army. 
The American lineage is traced to 
Richard de Baguley, Lord of Baguley, 
Chestershire, Eng., 1243. 

John, blacksmith, son of Randle Bagu¬ 
ley, of Wrentham, Suffolk, Eng., bapt. 
Eng., 1617, came to Watertown, Mass., 
1642. 

BIGGS or BIGG 

John came in Winthrop’s fleet to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1630; removed, 1635, to 
Ipswich, Mass.; afterwards resided at 
Dorchester, Mass., and Exeter, N. H. 
Timothy, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1665. 

William died at Middletown, Conn., 
1681. 

BILL 

Ancient English family, originally from 
Denmark. The name signifies a war¬ 
like weapon, called bill, an ancient bat¬ 
tle axe, hence in warfare billman. 
Family is prominent in Shropshire, 
Wiltshire and Staffordshire. Dr. Wil¬ 
liam Bill was prominent English ances¬ 
tor of the family in 1490. 

John, the son of John, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, and died 1638. 

Thomas was a resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1657. 

BILLINGS 

Place name from the town of Billings, 
Lincolnshire, Eng., Beilean in Gaelic 
means loquacious, a prattling person. 
Nathaniel settled at Concord, Mass., 
before 1640. 

Richard was resident of Hartford, 
Conn., 1640; removed to Hadley, Mass., 
1661. 

Roger was at Dorchester, Mass., 1640; 
made freeman, 1643. 

Samuel was at Newport, R. I., 1658. 
William, ix generation from John of 
Rowell, Eng., b. Taunton, Eng., came 
to Dorchester or Braintree, Mass., 1640; 
one of the original proprietors at Lan¬ 
caster, Mas', 1654; four years later 
removed to Stonington, Conn. 

BILLINGTON 

John, M yflower passenger, hung for 
murder 1030. 

Thomas was at Exeter, N. H., 1650; 
removed to Taunton, Mass., where he 
died 1662. 

BILLS or BILLES 

Matthew was at Dover, N. H., 1654. 
Robert, husbandman, b. Eng., 1602; 
came to Charlestown, Mass., 1635; died 
three years later; no issue. 


BINGHAM 

Place name from town of Bingham in 
Nottinghamshire, Eng., so named from 
Danish Bing, a place where provisions 
were deposited, and ham, a town or vil¬ 
lage. 

Thomas, son of Henry, a master cutler 
of Sheffield, Eng., bapt. parish of St 
Peters and Holy Trinity, Sheffield, Eng., 
1642. He came to N. E., with his mother 
and stepfather, William Backus, to Say- 
brook, Conn., 1658; resided at New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1660; afterwards at Nor¬ 
wich, Conn., and in 1693 to Windham, 
Conn. 

BINGLEY 

Thomas married at Boston, Mass., 1665. 
William living at Newbury, Mass., 
1659. 

BINNEY 

From Cornish British bin, a hill, and 
ey water. Binneach in Gaelic signifies 
hilly, mountains. 

John came from Worksop, Notting¬ 
hamshire, Eng., to Hull, Mass., before 
1679. 

BINNS 

Jonas was at Dover, N. H., 1648. 
BIRCH 

A name given for residing at or near 
a birch tree. 

Simon was an inhabitant of Mass., 1635. 
Thomas died at Dorchester, Mass., 1657. 
Thomas married at Swanzey, Mass., 
1684. 

BIRCHARD, BURCHARD 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1595, settled first at 
Dorchester, Mass., 1635; removed to 
Hartford, Conn., and was original pro¬ 
prietor; in 1650 was at Saybrook, Conn. 

BIRD 

Jathiel granted land at Ipswich, Mass., 
1641. 

Simon, b. Eng., 1615, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635; freeman at Chelsea, Mass., 
1644; removed to Billerica, 1655; no 
issue. 

Thomas was at Hartford, Conn., before 

1653. 

Thomas was at Scituate, Mass., before 
1630. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1613, was at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1640. 

BIRDLEY 

Giles was at Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
Tyler, brother of preceding, was at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648. The name may 
have been Burley. 

BIRDSEYE 

John came from Eng., to New Haven, 
Conn., 1636. 


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BIRGE 

Richard settled at Dorchester, Mass., 
and in 1636 was among first settlers of 
Windsor, Conn. 

BISBEE (see Besbedge) 

Edward, husbandman and lawyer, set¬ 
tled in what .is now Beverly, Mass., 1640. 
Henry, farmer, took oath of fidelity at 
New Haven, Conn., 1644. 

Henry, a resident of Ipswich, Mass., 
married at Boston, Mass., 1657. 

James was an inhabitant of New Haven, 
Conn., 1648. 

James was at Duxbury, Mass., 1679. 
John, carpenter, married at Newbury, 
Mass., 1647, removed to Nantucket, 
Mass., later to Woodbridge, N. J. 

Rev. John was at Taunton, Mass., 1640; 
chosen minister at Stamford, Conn., 
1644. 

John, b. Eng., 1600, one of the founders 
of Guilford, Conn., 1639. 

Nathaniel, currier, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634, became freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1645. 

Richard was at Salem, Mass., 1635, 
made freeman 1642. 

Thomas, brother of Nathaniel, was a 
resident of Ipswich, Mass., 1636. 
Townsend was a freeman at Salem, 
Mass., 1635. 

BISS 

James was living at Boston, Mass., 1668. 
BISSELL 

John, French Huguenot descent, b. 
Somersetshire, Eng., 1591, arrived at 
Plymouth, Mass., 1628; removed to East 
Windsor, Conn., 1640. 

BIXBY 

The name is of Danish origin, signify¬ 
ing the house or village among the box- 
trees. There is, however, a town in the 
eastern portion of England by this 
name; by signifies town, and Bixby was 
originally Biggsby—Bigg’s town. 
Daniel married at Andover, Mass., 1674. 
Joseph, carpenter, came from Assing- 
ton, Suffolk, Eng., and was early set¬ 
tler, before 1647, at Salisbury, Mass. He 
was afterwards at Ipswich, Mass., 1649, 
and Rowley, Mass., 1667. 

Nathaniel was at Ipswich, Mass., 1636. 
Thomas, a resident of Salem, Mass., 
1636. 

BLACK 

Daniel, of Scotch descent, was at what 
is now Boxford, Mass., 1666. 

George, a resident of Gloucester, Mass., 
before 1658. 


John was at Charlestown, Mass., 1634; 
made freeman 1644. 

Miles, an inhabitant of Sandwich, Mass., 
1643. 

BLACKBURN or BLACKBURNE 
The black brook or stream. 

Walter arrived Mass., 1638; freeman 
1640; lived at Roxbury, and Boston, 
Mass.; returned to Eng., 1641. 
BLACKFORD 

Nicholas, freeman at Newport, R. I., 
1655. 

BLACKLEACH 

Benjamin was resident of Cambridge, 
Mass., before 1650. 

John, merchant, freeman at Salem, 
Mass.; 1635, removed to Boston, thence 
Hartford, Conn.; died at Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1683. 

Richard, b. 1655, was at Stratford, 
Conn., 1685. 

BLACKLEY, BLAKESLEY or BLAKES- 
LEE 

Samuel, blacksmith, became resident of 
Hartford, Conn., 1641; removed to 
Branford, Conn., 1645; settled at Guil¬ 
ford, Conn., 1650; removed to New 
Haven, Conn., 1655. 

Thomas came to Mass., 1635, was at 
Hartford, Conn., 1641; removed to 
Branford, Conn., 1645. 

BLACKMAN or BLAKEMAN 

Rev. Adam, b. Staffordshire, Eng., 1598; 
came to N. E., 1638; was at Guilford, 
Conn., 1640; first minister at Stratford, 
Conn. 

John, b. Eng., 1625, was resident of 
Dorchester, Mass., before 1640. 
BLACKMORE 

James purchased lands at Providence, 
R. I., 1690. 

William came from Eng., 1665, to Scit- 
uate, Mass. 

BLACKWELL 

Jeremy, aged 18 years, came to N. E., 
in 1635. 

Michael or Myles, on record as able 
to bear arms at Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 
BLAGGE 

Henry, brickburner, was at Braintree, 
Mass., 1643; removed to Boston, Mass., 

1653- 

BLAISDELL 

Name derived from the Saxon words 
Bias-del—val signifying “a blazed path 
through the vale.” 

Henry was resident of Salisbury, Mass., 

1657- 

Ralph, tailor, acted also as an attorney, 
b. Eng., 1600; was on record at York, 


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Maine, 1637; removed to Salisbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

BLAKE 

Ancient English family; the name is a 
corruption of British Ap Lake, from Ap 
signifying from or son, and Lake —the 
son of Lake. The name also has its 
origin in descriptive adjective of color, 
and was applied to one whose com¬ 
plexion was of dark color. The family 
went to Ireland with Strongbow. Ap 
Lake was one of the Knights of Arthur’s 
Round Table. It is recorded in its pres¬ 
ent form in the Hundred Rolls of 1273, 
in which appears Hans le Blake. The 
name is also mentioned in the rolls of 
subsiders, 1286, in Wiltshire. Robert 
de Blake was a resident of Caine, ad¬ 
joining the family estates in Blakeland, 
in the reign of Edward III. The Ameri¬ 
can family traced their lineage from 
Robert de Blakeland, 1286. 
Christopher, tailor, was a resident of 
Boston, Mass., 1663. 

George was selectman at Gloucester, 
Mass., 1644, where he had resided since 
1640. 

Henry, inhabitant of Boston before 
1652. 

Jasper, b. Eng., settled at Hampton, N. 
H., 1650. 

Jeremiah purchased lands at New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1681. 

John, b. Malden, Eng., about 1652, came 
to N. E., 1660 with his mother and step¬ 
father, George Durant; they were at 
Malden, Mass., and he settled at Middle- 
town, Conn., 1673. 

John took oath of allegiance at Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1678. 

John, joiner, was at Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1692. 

John was at Wrentham, Mass., 1688. 
Nathaniel was at Boston, Mass., 1676. 
Philip, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1676. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1622, came to N. E., 
1638, was at Dorchester, Mass., 1644. 
William, son of Giles of Little Brad- 
dow, Essex, Eng., and nth generation 
from Robert de Blakeland, bapt. at Pit- 
minster, Eng., 1594, settled at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1630. 

BLANCHARD 

From the French Blanche, meaning 
white —a white garment used by Monks 
and Nuns was called a blanchard. 
Peter, resident of New London, Conn., 
1662. 

Thomas, yeoman, came from Penton, 
Hampshire, Eng., to Braintree, Mass.. 


1640, and moved to Charlestown, Mass., 
1651, where he lived previous to going 
to Braintree. 

William, a freeman at Salem, Mass., 
1637. 

BLANEY 

From Welsh Bluenae, the inland ex¬ 
tremity of a valley. 

John, b. about 1630, was at Lynn, Mass., 

1659. 

John married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1668; no male issue. 

BLANTON or BLANDING 

William, carpenter, came from Upton, 
Worcestershire, Eng., to N. E., 1640; 
made a freeman at Boston, Mass., 1643. 
BLATCHFORD 

Peter granted lands at New London, 
Conn., for services in the Pequot war, 
1637; removed, 1669, to Haddam, Conn. 
BLATCHLEY 

Thomas was at Hartford, Conn., 1640; 
removed to New Haven, Conn., 1643. 
BLAXTON 

William came to Boston, Mass., 1625- 
26; admitted freeman 1631, removed to 
near Providence, R. I.; the earliest set¬ 
tler in that part of the country. 

BLIGH 

Thomas, sailmaker, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1652. 

BLINMAN 

Blin in Welsh signifies weary, trouble¬ 
some. 

Rev. Richard came from Chepstow, 
Monmouth, Eng., 1641, to Marshfield, 
Mass., and in 1640 was at Plymouth, 
Mass.; in that year removed to Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., where he was made free¬ 
man 1641; removed, 1650, to New Lon¬ 
don, Conn.; afterwards at New Haven, 
Conn.; returned to Eng., 1659. 

BLISH or BLUSH 

Abraham was at Barnstable, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1651. 

BLISS 

From Welsh blys signifying deserving, 
longing. The same as the Bolis family, 
of Normandy. The English family 
dates back to the Norman Conquest. 
George, b. Belstone, Eng., 1591; came to 
Lynn, Mass., 1635! five years later re¬ 
moved to Sandwich, Mass., and in 1649 
was at Newport, R. I. 

Thomas, son of Thomas of Belstone 
parish, Devonshire, Eng., brother of 
preceding, b. at Belstone, came to Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1635; settled at Hartford, 
Conn., 1639; died few years later. 
Thomas, freeman, Weymouth, Mass., 
1642; removed to Rehoboth, Mass., 1649. 


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BLODGETT or BLODGET 

Robert Blodgett was appointed bishop 
of Lincoln, and one of the chancellors of 
William the Conqueror. 

Jonathan was married at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1689. 

Thomas, glover, b. Eng., 1605, came to 
Cambridge, Mass., 1635. 

BLOIS or BLOYS 

Edmund, b. 1587, was freeman at Water- 
town, Mass., 1639. 

Francis, brother of preceding, made 
freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 1641. 

BLOMFIELD, BLOOMFIELD or BLUM- 
FIELD 

Henry was at Salem, Mass., 1638. 
John died in Mass., 1640, leaving two 
sons. 

William, b. Eng., 1604, came from 
Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng., in 1634, to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass.; soon afterwards went to 
Newbury, Mass., and 1639, was a resi¬ 
dent of Hartford, Conn.; removed to 
New London, Conn., 1650, and in 1663, 
to Newtown, L. I. 

BLOOD 

In the Dutch signifies timorous, 
cowardly. 

James came from Cheshire, Eng., to N. 
E., 1638, to Concord, Mass., where he 
was admitted freeman, 1641, accom¬ 
panied by his four sons, James, John, 
Richard and Robert, all of whom mar¬ 
ried except John, and they were among 
the original proprietors of Groton, 
Mass. 

BLOSSOM 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1580; an original pas¬ 
senger on the Speedwell in 1620; came 
later to Plymouth, Mass., removed, 1639, 
to Barnstable, Mass. 

BLOTT 

Robert was at Roxbury, Mass., 1632, 
two years later at Charlestown, Mass.; 
removed to Boston, Mass., 1644. 

BLOUT or BLUNT 

The name is from French word blond, 
referring to fair hair or complexion. 
Sir Robert and Sir William Le Blount, 
sons of Count of Guinis of France, 
came to England with William the Con¬ 
queror. The name has passed through 
many changes, but now is spelled Blount 
or Blunt, the latter form being more 
prevalent in England. 

Samuel was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1681. 

William settled at Andover, Mass., 
1634 - 

BLOWERS 

John was at Barnstable, Mass., 1643, 
and at Boston, Mass., 1654. 


Pyam married at Cambridge, Mass., 

1668. 

BLY or BLYE 

John, brickmaker, was resident of 
Salem, Mass., 1663. 

Samuel was at Lynn, Mass., 1678. 
BOADEN, BODEN or BOWDEN 

Ambrose was at Scarborough, Maine, 
1658. 

Benjamin, proprietor at New Haven, 
Conn., 1685. 

John, mason, was at Boston, Mass., 
1668. 

Richard, a resident of Boston, 1661. 
Thomas, resident of Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

William was in Maine 1642. 
BOARDMAN 

One who keeps a boarding house. Wil¬ 
liam Boreman of Banbury, Oxfordshire, 
Eng., living 1525, as the ancestor of the 
American family. 

Samuel, cooper, son of Christopher, 
fifth generation of William, bapt. at 
Banbury, Eng., 1615, first resided at 
Ipswich, Mass., and in 1636 was one of 
the first settlers at Wethersfield, Conn. 
Thomas, carpenter, b. Eng., about 1601, 
granted land at Ipswich, Mass., 1635; 
previous to this was at Plymouth, 
Mass.; at Sandwich, Mass., 1638, and at 
Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 

Major William, b. Eng., came with his 
mother and stepfather to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1638. 

BODMAN 

John, b. Eng., first appears on records 
of church at Boston, Mass., 1644. 
William was at Watertown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1643. 

BODWELL 

Henry, b. Eng., 1654; made freeman 
1678; resided at Newbury, Mass., later 
at Andover, Mass., finally removed to 
Haverhill, Mass. 

BOHONION or BOHANNON 

John, an inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
before 1658. 

BOLLES 

This family name existed in Eng., in 
the reign of Henry III. 

Joseph came from Nottinghamshire, 
Eng., settled at Winter Harbor at the 
mouth of Saco river, Maine, in 1640; 
removed to Wells, Maine, 1653. 

Thomas was resident of New London, 
Conn., 1667. 

BOLT 

Francis came to Boston, Mass., 1639, 
and the following year located at Mil¬ 
ford, Conn. 


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BOLTON or BOULTON 

Nicholas was at Dorchester, Mass., 
1643. 

William married at Newbury, Mass,, 
1655. 

BOLTWOOD 

Robert was an inhabitant of Hartford, 
Conn., 1648; removed to Hadley, Mass., 
1659 - 
BOND 

The father of a family, “Pater fami- 
lias,” whence husband, that is—house¬ 
bound. Bonde in Danish is a peasant, 
countryman, villager. 

Grinstone was a resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1685. 

John was at Newbury, Mass., 1642; 
removed 1660 to Rowley, Mass., thence 
to Haverhill, Mass. 

Nicholas, freeman at York, Maine, 
1652; removed to Hampton, N. H. 
William, son of Thomas, grandson of 
James of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 
Eng., bapt. there 1625; brought in 
Winthrop’s fleet, 1630, by his aunt, 
Eliza, wife of Ephraim Child; settled 
at Watertown, Mass., 1649. 

BONDFIELD or BONFIELD 

George was at Marblehead, Mass., 1676. 
BONHAM or BONUM 

George was at Plymouth, Mass., 1644. 
Nicholas, brother of preceding, was at 
Barnstable, Mass., 1659. 

BONNER 

From French bonheur —happiness, pros¬ 
perity. 

John was inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1678; removed to Cambridge, Mass., re¬ 
turned to Eng., with his children 1697. 

BONNEY 

From Scotch, genteel, spruce, the French 
Bon, Bonne, good, handsome. 

Thomas, shoemaker, came from Sand¬ 
wich, Kent, Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., 
1635, one of the proprietors of Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1645, afterwards at Dux- 
bury, Mass. 

BONYTHON or BONIGHTON 

Richard, captain and magistrate, was at 
Saco, Maine, 1636. 

BOOBYAR 

Joseph was at Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
BOOMER 

Mathew, freeman at Newport, R. I., 

1655- 

BOODEY 

This name in the Sanscrit language is 
supposed to have been Buddha, signify¬ 
ing divinity or divine knowledge. 


Zachariah, b. France, 1677, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1695. 

BOOSY 

James was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1635. 
BOOTFISH or BODFISH 

Robert, freeman at Lynn, Mass., 1635, 
removed 1637 to Sandwich, Mass., later 
to Barnstable, Mass. 

BOOTH 

A small cottage. William de Boothe, 
son of Adam de Boothe, residing 1275 
in county of Lancaster, Eng., is the 
ancestor of the American branch of the 
family. 

George was resident of Lynn, Mass., 
1674. 

Humphrey, merchant, was resident of 
Charlestown, Mass. 

John was at Scituate, Mass., 1655. 
Richard, son of Richard, 14th genera¬ 
tion from Sir William de Boothe, b. 
1607, on record at Stratford, Conn., 
1640. 

Robert was at Exeter, N. H., 1645, re¬ 
moved to Saco, Maine, 1653. 

BORDEN 

The name came to Eng., from Nor¬ 
mandy, appears in Battle Abbey as Bor- 
doun. There is an ancient village in 
Normandy named Bourdenay, and Bor¬ 
den is a town, county of Kent, Eng. The 
family was represented in Eng., at the 
time of the Conquest, and were assigned 
estates in the county of Kent. Simon 
de Borden, in 1199, resided at Borden 
Court or Hall. The American branch 
is traced to Henry Borden of the parish 
Hedcorn, Kent, Eng., 1379-80. 

Bryant was at Malden, Mass., before 
1690. 

John, b. 1607, came from Kent, Eng., 
to N. E., 1635; may have been at Ston- 
ington, Conn., 1650, removed to Lyme, 
Conn., 1660. 

Richard, Quaker, surveyor, son of 
Matthew, 9th generation from Henry, 
was bapt. at Hedcorn, 1596, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1635, became one of the 
founders of Portsmouth, R. I., in 1637, 
whence he was admitted freeman 1641. 
BORDMAN or BOREMAN 

Daniel was at Ipswich, Mass., 1662. 
Samuel was at Ipswich, Mass., 1639, 
removed to Wethersfield, Mass. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
at Lynn, Mass., 1637, removed to Sand¬ 
wich, Mass., one of the first purchasers 
of Middleboro, Mass. 

Thomas, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 
1635, removed to Barnstable, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1645. 


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William was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1645, and at Guilford, Conn., 1650. 
BOREL 

Samuel was at Boston, Mass., 1691. 
BORLAND 

From Cornish British—the highland 
swelling or rising land; from bor, swel¬ 
ling or rising and land. In Saxon 
it signifies land belonging to common 
people. Bordlands were kept by the 
lords for the maintenance of their board 
or table. 

Francis was at Boston, Mass., in 1684. 
BOSSON 

William, of French Huguenot descent, 
settled at Salem, Mass., 1630; after¬ 
wards went to Watertown, Mass., and 
1636 was proprietor at Wethersfield, 
Conn. 

BOSTWICK 

Cornish British, the house near the 
haven or creek, from bos, a house, and 
wick, a haven or creek; also from the 
Dutch bosch, a wood, and wick, town 
in the wood. 

Arthur, bapt. Tarporley, Cheshire, Eng., 
1603, located as one of first seventeen 
settlers at Stratford, Conn., 1641-42. 
BOSWELL 

A corruption of Bosseville, from bosch, 
a wood, and ville, a village. Bothel, 
Gaelic, the house of the powerful. 
Samuel was at Bradford, Mass., 1663, 
and Rowley, Mass., 1671. 

BOSWORTH 

Edward, b. Eng., died on voyage to 
America, 1634, leaving four sons—Ed¬ 
ward, Jonathan, Benjamin and Na¬ 
thaniel. 

Hananiel was at Ipswich, Mass., in 
1648; removed to Haverhill, Mass., 
where he resided in 1674. 

Zaccheus or Zecheriah was at Boston, 
Mass., 1630, made freeman 1636. 
BOTHAM 

Robert was at Ipswich, Mass., 1652. 
BOTSFORD 

Place name from town in Eng. 

Henry, inhabitant of Milford, Conn., 
1639 - 
BOULTER 

Matthew at Hampton, N. H., 1649. 
Nathaniel, brother of preceding, was 
resident of Hampton, N. H., 1644. 
Thomas was at Weymouth, Mass., 1661; 
one of first projectors of settlement of 
Mendon, Mass., 1660. 

BOUND 

William, a freeman at Salem, Mass., 

1637- 


BOURNE 

A place name from Bourne, Lincoln¬ 
shire, Eng., which is named from old 
English bourne, a small river or spring- 
well. 

Garret or Jared came to Boston, 1630, 
in the employ of William Colboume, 
1630; afterwards resided in what is now 
Brookline, Mass. 

Henry came to Plymouth or Scituate, 
Mass., 1634, removed to Barnstable, 
Mass., 1639. 

Nehemiah, ship builder, was at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1638; also at Dorchester,, 
Mass.; removed to Boston, Mass., 1640. 
Richard came from Devonshire, Eng., 
to Lynn, Mass., 1637; one of the early 
settlers of Sandwich, Mass. 

Thomas was at Plymouth, Mass., 1637; 
an early settler of Marshfield, Mass. 
BOUTELL or BOUTWELL 

Henry was at New Haven, Conn., and 
married in Cambridge, Mass., 1657; 
died soon after; no issue. 

James was at Salem and Lynn, Mass., 

1635- 

John, brother of preceding, was at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., before 1646. 
BOUTINEAU 

Stephen, Huguenot, merchant, came 
from La Rochelle, France, 1686, to 
Casco, Maine; removed to Boston, Mass. 
BOUTON 

John, son of Count Nicholas Bouton, a 
French Huguenot, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635; afterwards lived at Water- 
town, Mass., thence went to Hartford, 
Conn., and in 1651 became a resident of 
Norwalk, Conn. 

BOWDITCH 

John, a resident of Boston, Mass., 1682. 
William came from Devonshire, Eng., 
to Salem, Mass., 1639. 

BOWDOIN or BAUDOIN 

Michael was at Lynn, Mass., 1690. 
Pierre, physician, b. La Rochelle, 
France, of Huguenot descent, went to 
Ireland, 1685; two years later arrived 
at Casco Bay, now Portland, Maine, 
and in 1690 removed to Boston, Mass., 
where he became a merchant. 

BOWE 

Alexander was at Charlestown, Mass., 
removed to Middletown, Conn., where 
he died 1678. 

Nicholas married at Cambridge, Mass., 
1684. 

BOWEN 

From Welsh, a corruption of Ap Owen, 
the son of Owen. 


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Griffith came from Llangeydd, Glam¬ 
organshire, Wales, to Boston, Mass., 
1638; he was afterwards at Roxbury, 
Mass., returned to Eng., residing, 1670, 
at London. 

Henry, a resident of Boston, Mass., 

1657. 

Obadiah was at Rehoboth, Mass., before 
1657; removed to Swanzey, Mass. 
Richard, brother of preceding, came 
from Wales to N. E., made freeman at 
Rehoboth, Mass., 1645; was at New 
London, Conn., 1657-60. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, was at 
Salem, Mass., 1648; New London, Conn., 
1657-60; removed to Rehoboth, Mass. 
BOWERS 

From Saxon bur, a chamber; a cottage; 
a shady recess. 

George was at Plymouth, Mass., 1639; 
removed to Cambridge, Mass. 

BOWKER 

Edmund or Edward settled at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635; removed to Sudbury, 
Mass., 1666. 

James came from Sweden to Scituate, 
Mass., about 1675. 

BOWLES 

From Boel, a town in South Jutland; 
boel in Dutch an estate. 

John, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 1640. 
Joseph was at Saco, Maine, 1640; after¬ 
wards at Wells, Maine. 

Richard was at Dover, N. H., 1666. 
BOWMAN 

A military cognomen; an archer. Eng¬ 
lish ancestor, 1544, Robert. 

John was at Plymouth, Mass., 1633. 
Nathaniel settled at Watertown, 
Mass., 1630, removed to Lexington, 
Mass. 

BOWNE 

From Cornish, British and Welsh, sig¬ 
nifies ready, active, nimble. 

Thomas of Norman French origin, 
bapt. Matlock, Derbyshire, 1595, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1648-49; early settler at 
Flushing, L. I. 

BOYDEN 

Thomas, b. Suffolk, Eng., came from 
Ipswich, Eng., in 1634, to Scituate, 
Mass., removed, 1650, to Boston, Mass., 
afterwards lived at Medfield, Water- 
town and Groton, Mass. 

BOYES or BOYCE 

The name is French origin from bois, 
meaning wood; the surname given to 
those who lived in or near woods or 
handled wood. 


Antipas, merchant, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1659; his only son returned to 
Eng. 

Joseph, tanner, b. Eng., 1609-15, was at 
Salem, Mass., 1639. 

Matthew, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 
1639; removed to Rowley, Mass., before 
1641; returned to Eng., before 1657. 
Richard was in N. H., before 1677. 
Samuel married at Saybrook, Conn., 
1668. 

BOYLSTON 

Thomas, son of Thomas of London, 
Eng., grandson of Henry of Litchfield, 
Eng., b. Eng., 1615; came to Water- 
town, Mass., 1635. 

BOYNTON 

Name derived from the ancient village 
of Boynton in the eastern part of York¬ 
shire, Eng. Bartholomew de Boynton, 
in 1067, was seated at the Manor of 
Boynton. 

John, b. Knapton, Wingham, in East 
Riding, Yorkshire, Eng., 1614, came to 
N. E., in 1635; settled at Rowley, Mass., 
1643 - 

William, schoolmaster, brother of pre¬ 
ceding, son of William, XXIII genera¬ 
tion, from Bartholomew de Boynton, b. 
Knapton, Eng., 1606, came to N. E., 
1635, settled at Rowley, Mass., 1638. 
William lived at Salisbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1670. 

BRABROOK or BRAYBROOK 

John was at Watertown, Mass., 1640; 
removed to Hampton, N. H., after¬ 
wards to Newbury, Mass. 

Joseph was at Malden, lived at Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1672. 

Richard, b. 1613, was at Ipswich, Mass., 
at an early date. 

William removed from Lynn, Mass., 
1637, to Sandwich, Mass. 

BRACE, BRACY or BRACIE 

Place name from Bracy, a town in Nor¬ 
mandy. 

John was at New Haven, Conn., 1644; 
removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 1647. 
Stephen, hatter, was at Swanzey, Mass., 
1669; removed to Hartford, Conn., 
where he died 1692. 

Thomas at Ipswich, Mass., 1635; after¬ 
wards removed to Branford, Conn. 
Thomas, brother of John, was at 
Wethersfield, Conn.; removed to Hat¬ 
field, Mass., where he died 1704. 
BRACKENBURY 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., after¬ 
wards at Boston, where he married 1655. 


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William, son of William, Mayflower 
Richard came with Gov. Endicott to 
Salem, Mass., 1628. 

Samuel, physician, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1677. 

William, baker, came in Winthrop’s 
fleet, 1630, afterwards removed to Mal¬ 
den, Mass. 

BRACKETT 

The ancient spelling of the name was 
Brockett; the family originated in 
Wales. 

Anthony as early as 1623 was at the 
mouth of Piscataqua river, came to 
Portsmouth, N. H., before 1640. 

Peter, freeman at Braintree, Mass., 
1643, removed to Scarborough, Maine, 
1673-74. 

CArT. Richard, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, b. 1612, was at Boston, Mass., 1632; 
removed, 1639, to what is now Quincy, 
Mass. 

William, one of employes of Mason, 
was at Portsmouth, N. H., 1624. 
BRADBURY 

Surname of local origin, a compound of 
broad and bury, the first signifying 
broad, the second a manor, hill or town. 
The English family traced on the 
maternal side to David I, King of Scot¬ 
land, 1124, through Lady Jane Fitzwil- 
liam of the XII generation from King 
David, who married Robert Bradbury, 
and their son Matthew was Lord of the 
Manor of Wicken Hall, parish of Wick- 
en Bonant, Sussex, Eng., in 1557. The 
family is seated in Derbyshire, Eng. The 
earliest known ancestor of the American 
branch' was Robert Bradbury, b. 1400, 
resided at Ollerset, Derbyshire, Eng. 
Capt. Thomas, son of Wymond and 
great-grandson of Matthew, mentioned 
above, bapt. parish of Bonant, 1610-11, 
was at York, Maine, 1634; two years 
later was one of original proprietors of 
Salisbury, Mass., coming from Ipswich, 
Mass. 

BRADE 

Joseph was at Marblehead, Mass., 1638. 
BRADFIELD 

Lesby was an inhabitant of Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., as early as 1643. 
BRADFORD 

Place name, a town on the Avon, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., signifying the broad ford, 
there being a ford across the river 
where the town is located. 

Alexander was at Dorchester, Mass., 
1638; no issue. 

Robert, tailor, b. Eng., 1626; freeman at 
Boston, Mass., 1642. 


passenger, b. Austerfield, Yorkshire, 
Eng., 1588. 

BRADHURST 

Ralph was married at Roxbury, Mass., 
1677; no male issue. 

BRADING 

James was at Newbury, Mass., removed 
to Boston, Mass., 1659. 

BRADISH 

Robert was resident of Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635. 

BRADLEY 

The name is a compound of Anglo- 
Saxon words brad, broad, and lea, a 
field or meadow; there are numerous 
townships in England bearing the name. 
The earliest known ancestor bearing the 
name in England was Roger de Brad¬ 
ley, 1183, of Walsingham, who held 
forty acres at Bradley. 

Daniel took the oath of fidelity at New 
Haven, Conn., 1657. 

Daniel, b. Eng., 1615, came to Haver¬ 
hill, Mass., 1635, and in 1662 was a tax¬ 
payer at Rowley, Mass. 

Francis came to Branford, Conn., 1660, 
removed to Fairfield, Conn., 1664. 

Isaac removed from Branford, Conn., 
where he located in 1667, to New Haven, 
Conn., 1683. 

John was at Dedham, Mass., 1642. 
John, a resident of Dover, N. H., 1667. 
Joseph, b. London, Eng., 1649, located 
at Haverhill, Mass. 

Joshua was at Rowley, Mass., 1663. 
Nathan was at Guilford, Conn., as 
early as 1669. 

Nathaniel was a resident of Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., where he died 1701, aged 
70 years. 

Peter, mariner, was at New London, 
Conn., 1654. 

Richard was at Boston, Mass., 1651. 
Stephen, who took oath of fidelity 1660, 
was at Guilford, and New Haven, Conn. 
William, b. Eng., 1620, took oath of 
fidelity at New Haven, Conn., 1644. 
BRADSHAW 

Humphrey was at Cambridge, Mass., 
1642. 

BRADSTREET 

Humphrey, b. Eng., 1594, came from 
Ipswich, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 1634; 
removed to Rowley, Mass., 1639. 

Simon, son of Rev. Simon, b. Hobling, 
Lincolnshire, Eng., 1603, came in Win¬ 
throp’s fleet, 1630, to N. E., resided at 
Cambridge, Ipswich, Andover and Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 


XXX 


BRAGG 

Brag among the Scandinavians was the 
god of eloquence; the word anciently 
used in the sense of eloquent, also 
accomplished, brave, daring. 

Edmund or Edward settled at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1646; no male issue. 

BRAINERD or BRAINARD 

Place name, originally spelled Brande- 
wood or Brandewode. Tradition says 
the family came from Braine in France; 
the family founded in England 1350. 
Daniel, b. Braintree, Eng., 1641, lived 
as early as 1649 with Wadsworth family 
at Hartford, Conn.; removed to Had- 
dam, Conn., prior to 1665. 

BRALEY 

Roger, Welsh descent, settled at Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1696. 

BRAMAN 

From Bramin, a priest among the Hin¬ 
doos, or from Bremen, a city of Ger¬ 
many. 

Thomas, b. about 1620-30; was a resi¬ 
dent of Taunton, Mass., 1653. 

BRAME, BRAM or BREAM 

Benjamin, cooper, resided at Boston, 
Mass., 1668. 

BRAM HALL 

A place where goods are sold, from 
Danish bram, goods on sale. 

George was at Dover, N. H., 1670, and 
Casco, Maine, 1678, where he was killed 
by Indians, 1689. 

BRANCH 

Arthur was at Saybrook, Conn., 1670. 

Peter, carpenter, b. Eng., came from 
Holden, Kent, Eng., 1638, died on pas¬ 
sage, leaving son, John, who was ap¬ 
prenticed to Thomas Wilburne, who 
settled at Duxbury, Mass. 

William, freeman at Springfield, Mass., 
1648; no issue. 

BRAND 

In all Teutonic dialects brand signifies 
to burn; also a sword; the Welsh bryn 
is a steep, high hill. 

George, baker, freeman at Roxbury, 
Mass.; no issue. 

Thomas, cooper, came to Salem, Mass., 
1629. 

BRANDEGEE 

Name of German or Dutch origin. 
John was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1635. 

BRATTLE 

Thomas was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1656; removed following year to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

William, brother of preceding, was at 
Boston, Mass., 1677. 


BRAWNE 

Michael was at Dover, N. H., 1655. 
BRAY 

John, shipwright, was at Kittery, Maine, 
removed, 1674, to Gloucester, Mass. 
Robert was at Salem, Mass., 1668. 
Thomas, shipwright, was at Gloucester, 
Mass., 1646. 

William resident of York, Maine, 1680. 

BRAYDON 

Arthur, b. Eng., 1598, settled at York, 
1640. 

BRAYTON 

Francis, b. Eng., 1611, was an inhabi¬ 
tant of Portsmouth, R. I., as early as 
1642. 

BRAZIER 

Edward was at Charlestown, Mass., 1658. 
BRECK 

Old English word signifying broken, a 
gap; brecca is old Latin law term, used 
to denote a breach, decay or want of 
repair; breck in Gaelic is a wolf or 
wild savage. 

Edward, b. Lancastershire, Eng., about 
1595, came to Dorchester, Mass., 1635; 
removed to Lancaster, Mass., 1641. 

John was at Medfield, Mass., where he 
died 1660. 

Thomas, b. Lancaster, Eng., 1600, set¬ 
tled at Dorchester, Mass., 1650. 
BREDANE 

Byron was at Malden, Mass., 1671. 
BREED 

From Dutch Breed, broad, large; Brede 
is a town in Sussex, Eng.; in Danish it 
signifies brim, margin; seaside, shore, 
river-side. 

Allen, b. Eng., 1630; came to Lynn, 
Mass., 1630; removed to Southampton, 
L. I., 1640. 

BRENTON 

William, b. Hammersmith, Eng., came 
in 1633 to Boston, Mass.; was in Ports¬ 
mouth and Newport, R. I.; lived 1670- 
02 at Taunton, Mass. 

BRETT 

A contraction of Breton, which is from 
Bretton, a town in Flintshire, Wales. 
William, b. Kent, Eng., was at Dux¬ 
bury, Mass., 1640; one of the first pro¬ 
prietors of Bridgewater, Mass., 1645. 
BRETTON 

Philip, rigger, a Huguenot, was at Fal¬ 
mouth, Maine, before 1700; removed to 
Boston, Mass. 

BREWER 

A brewer of malt liquor. 

Christopher, freeman at Lynn, Mass., 
1684. 


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Daniel, b. Eng., about 1600, settled at 
Roxbury, Mass., 1634. 

Rev. Daniel ordained at Springfield, 
Mass., 1694. 

John, b. about 1620, came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1642 ; removed to Sudbury, Mass., 
before 1647. 

^JPfiOMAS, proprietor at Ipswich, Mass., 
1639; removed, 1658, to Lynn, Mass. 
Thomas, an inhabitant of Lynn, Mass., 
1682. 

BREWSTER 

Name derived same as Brewer. 

Francis came from London, Eng., to 
New Haven, Conn., 1640; lost at sea 
1646. 

John was at Portsmouth, N. H., before 
1664. 

William, Mayflower passenger, son of 
William, b. Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, 
Eng., 1560; came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1620. 

BRICE 

A contraction of Ap Rice , the son of 
Rice, from Welsh brys, in that language, 
haste, lively. 

Thomas, ship carpenter, was at Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., 1642. 

BRICKETT 

Nathaniel was at Newbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1673. 

BRICKNALL 

Edward was at Boston, Mass., 1681. 
BRIDGE 

Edward, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 
1639. 

John, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man at Cambridge, Mass., 1635. 

John, a resident of Wickford, R. I., 
1674. 

Samuel, carpenter, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1671. 

William was at Watertown, Mass., 
1636; removed to Boston, Mass., 1643. 
William, a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1644. 

BRIDGES 

Edmund, b. Eng., 1612, settled at Lynn, 
Mass., 1636; removed to Rowley, Mass, 
1641; afterwards resided at Ipswich and 
Topsfield, Mass. 

Robert, freeman at Lynn, Mass., 1641. 
BRIDGHAM 

Henry, tanner, son of Henry, b. 1013, 
came from Teltain, Suffolk, Eng., to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1641; removed to 
Boston, Mass., 1644. 

James, carpenter, came from Winches¬ 
ter, Hants, Eng., to Hartford, Conn., 
1641; was at Springfield, Mass., 1643- 


55; in latter year removed to Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass. 

BRIDGMAN 

James was at Hartford, Conn., before 
1641; removed, 1645, to Springfield, 
Mass. 

BRIGDEN or BRIDGEN 

Thomas came from Faversham, Kent, 
Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., 1635. 
BRIGGS 

Name from Anglo-Saxon brigg —a 
bridge; brig in Welsh—height, the top 
of anything. William atta Brigge of 
Salle is mentioned in records, 1270. 
Clement, felsmonger, came from South- 
warke, Eng., to Plymouth, Mass., 1621; 
removed to Dorchester, Mass., 1631, 
and to Weymouth, Mass., 1633. 

Edmund was at Topsfield, Mass., 1667. 
James was in Mass., 1683. 

John, b. 1609, admitted an inhabitant 
of Newport, R. I., 1638; was at Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1650; lived at Kingstown,. 
R. I., 1678. 

Joseph was an inhabitant of Mass., 
1679. 

Matthew or Matthias married at 
Hingham, Mass., 1648. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1603; settled at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1637. 

Walter, early settler at Scituate, Mass.; 
on record, 1643, as able to bea? arms. 
William, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1642. 

BRIGHAM 

Sebastian was at Cambridge, Mass., 
1636; removed to Rowley, Mass., before 
1644. 

Thomas, b. 1603, freeman at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1636. 

BRIGHT 

Henry, son of Henry of Bury St. Ed¬ 
munds, Eng., came from Ipswich, Suf¬ 
folk, Eng., b. 1602; was in Watertown, 
Mass., 1634. 

BRIGHTMAN 

Name derived from old Saxon word 
bright or bricht. John Brithman of 
Norfolkshire in records 1273. 

Henry was on record at Portsmouth, R. 
I., 1670. 

Thomas was at Watertown, Mass., 
1640. 

BRIGHTON 

Place name from town on coast of Sus¬ 
sex, Eng., anciently called Brightelm- 
stone, from Brithelm, i. e., bright helmet, 
who was bishop of Bath and Wells, 955. 
Samuel was at Boston, Mass., 1692. 


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BRIMBLECOME 

John, woolcomber, at Boston, Mass., 
1654; removed to Marblehead, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1674. 

Philip, brother of preceding, was at 
Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 

BRIMSDEN or BRIMSDELL 

Robert, merchant, married at Lynn, 
Mass., 1667. 

BRIMSMEAD or BRINSMADE 

John came from Eng., to Charlestown, 
Mass., 1637; removed to Stratford, 
Conn., 1650. 

William came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1628-30. 

BRINLEY 

Francis, son of Thomas of Datchett, 
Buckinghamshire, Eng., b. 1632; was at 
Newport, R. I., 1652. 

BRINTNALL 

Thomas, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1655. 

BRISCOE 

Benjamin, shoemaker, was at Boston, 
Mass., where he married 1656. 

athaniel, tanner, known as the “Rich 
Tanner,” a descendant of Edward Bisco, 
of Missenden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 
who died 1653. Nathaniel was fourth 
generation from Edward, bapt. Little 
Missenden, Eng., 1595, came to N. E., 
1639, then to Watertown, Mass. He re¬ 
turned to Eng., 1654, leaving two sons, 
Nathaniel and John, and two daughters, 
in N. E. 

William, tailor, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1640. 

BRISTOL or BRISTOW 

From Saxon birhs — pleasant, bright, and 
stozv —the same as stead, a place. 
Henry, cooper, b, Eng. 1625, was at New 
Haven, Conn , 1647. 

Richard, cooper, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, was at Guilford, Conn., 1640. 
BRITTON 

A native of Britain, from Welsh Bry- 
don or Prydyn, the fair tribe or brave 
men, from Gaelic Bridaione, from bri, 
dignity, daoine, men, Pryddain, the fair 
and beautiful island, Brait or Briand, 
extensive, and in land. Brit-tane, the 
land of tin. 

James, b. Eng., 1610, subscribed to town 
orders at Woburn, Mass., 1637. 

William came from Bristol, Eng., to 
Newport, R. I. His family name was 
Summerill, but on leaving Eng., he as¬ 
sumed his mother’s family name Brit¬ 
ton. 

BROADBRIDGE 

Richard was at Casco, Maine, 1680. 
BROCK 

From Saxon broc, a badger, has same 


meaning in Cornish British, Gaelic, Irish 
and Welsh. 

Henry, at Dedham, Mass., 1642; no male 
issue. 

Richard was at Watertown, Mass., 1635. 
William, resident of Salem, Mass., 1639. 
BROCKETT 

Family of Saxon origin. English an¬ 
cestry is traced to 1201. Brockett Hall 
in Weatherhamstead, Herts, was the 
original ancestral home of the family. 

John signed first covenant at New 
Haven, Conn., 1639. 

BROCKLEBANK 

John was at Rowley, Mass., before 1655 
Samuel, brother of the preceding, was 
an inhabitant of Rowley, Mass., about 
1655. 

BROCKWAY 

Woolstone, b. Eng., 1638, purchased 
lands at Saybrook, Conn., 1659. 
BRODBENT 

Joshua married at Woburn, Mass., 1685. 
BROMFIELD 

The field abounding in broom. 

Edward, merchant, son of Henry, grand¬ 
son of Arthur, b. Flavwood House, in 
the New Forest, Hants, 1649, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1675. 

BROMLEY 

Place name, a small town in Eng., so 
called from brome or broom, and ley — 
field. 

Luke was at Stonington, Conn., before 
1692. 

BRONSDEN 

Robert, merchant, b. Eng., 1638-39; 
first mention colonial records 1667; 
freeman at Boston, Mass., 1690. 

BRONSON or BRUNSON (see BROUN- 
SON) 

BROOKF.R 

John was at Guilford, Conn., 1695. 
BROOKHAVEN 

John, citizen of London, Eng., came to 
R. I, 1681. 

BROOKING or BROOKEN 

John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1658. 
William, sent over by Mason, 1631, to 
Portsmouth, N. H., removed to Charles¬ 
town, Mass. 

BROOKS or BROOKES 

A name signifying small river. 

Ebenezer at Woburn, Mass., before 
1688. 

Gilbert, b. Eng, 1621 ; came, aged 14 
years, with William Vassall; afterwards 
lived at Marshfield, Mass., 1645 at Scit- 
uate, Mass. 


XXX111 


Henry came to Boston, Mass., 1630; 
was at Concord, Mass., 1639, and Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., 1649. 

Henry came from Cheshire, Eng., to 
Wallingford, Conn., 1660; was at New 
Haven, Conn., 1670. 

John, brother of preceding, was at New 
Haven, Conn., 1649; removed to Wal¬ 
lingford, Conn., with his brother in 1685. 
John was at Windsor, Conn., where he 
married, 1652; removed to Simsbury, 
Conn. 

Richard, b. 1621, was at Lynn, Mass., 

1635, removed to Easthampton, L. I. 
Richard, gunsmith, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1674. 

Robert, a mercer of Maidstone, Kent, 
Eng., came to New London, Conn., 1635. 
Robert married, at Plymouth, Mass., a 
daughter of Gov. Edward Winslow. 
Capt. Thomas, b. 1613, came from Suf- 
' folk, Eng., assigned land at Watertown, 
Mass., 1631; removed to Concord, Mass., 

1636. 

Thomas, brother of Richard of Lynn, 
b. Eng., 1617, came to N. E., 1635; one 
of the first settlers of Haddam, Conn. 
Thomas was at Kittery, Maine, 1640. 
Thomas, a freeman at Portsmouth, R. 
I.. 1655. 

Timothy was at Billerica, Mass., 1679. 
William, b. Eng., 1615 (brother of Gil¬ 
bert), came to Boston, Mass., 1635, then 
to Scituate, Mass.; was at Marshfield, 
Mass., 1643. 

William, b. Eng., came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635; settled at Springfield, 
Mass., 1649; removed to Deerfield, 
Mass., 1686. 

William, among early settlers of Mil¬ 
ford, Conn., where he died 1684. 
BROOMAN 

Joseph married at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1681. 

BROUGH or BRUFF 

Edward came to Marshfield, Mass., 
1643 - 

William, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1654. 

BROUGHTON 

A village in Flintshire, Eng., a town on 
the hill. 

John, among the early settlers of 
Northampton, Mass., 1650-60. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1616, came from 
Gravesend, Eng., to Virginia, 1635; was 
resident of Watertown, Mass., 1643. 

BROUNSMAYD 

John was at Stratford, Conn., 1650. 


BROUNSON or BRONSON 
The son of Brown. 

John, b. Eng., 1580, was at Hartford, 
Conn., 1636; removed to Farmington, 
Conn., 1641; afterwards settled at Wa- 
terbury, Conn. 

Richard, brother of preceding, was res¬ 
ident of Farmington, Conn., 1641. 
BROWN or BROWNE 

A name derived from complexion, color 
of hair or garments. Among the Eng¬ 
lish ancestors are Gamel fil Brun and 
John Broune of Stamford, Eng., 1377. 
Abraham, surveyor, son of Thomas, b. 
^wan Hall, Hawkendon parish, Suffolk, 
^ Eng., 1590; among first planters of 
Watertown, Mass.; made freeman 1632. 
Abraham, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1650. / 

Alexander was at Kennebeck, Maine, 

1674. 

Andrew, resident of Scarborough, 
Maine, 1658. 

Arthur, resident of Saco, Maine, 1636. 
Rev. Chad, b. Eng., 1600, came to N. E., 
1638; was at Boston, Mass.; settled at 
Providence, R. I., 1642. 

Charles, b. Eng., settled at Rowley, 
Mass., 1647. 

Christian, one of the first settlers of 
Salisbury, Mass., 1640. 

Daniel, resident of Providence, R. I., 
1646. 

Rev. Edmund came to N. E., 1637; free¬ 
man 1640; first minister at Salisbury, 
Mass.; no issue. 

Edward, early proprietor of Boston, 
Mass., came to N. E., in the employ of 
William Colborn before 1634; removed 
to Newport, R. I., 1639. 

Edward, resident of Salem, Mass., 1638. 
Edward, freeman at Ipswich, Mass, 
1641. 

Francis, tailor, b. Eng., came from 
Stamford, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1637; 
was at New Haven, Conn., 1639; re¬ 
moved to Stamford, Conn. 

Francis came as servant to Henry Wal¬ 
cott of Windsor, Conn.; went to Farm¬ 
ington, Conn., 1649, and to Stamford, 
Conn., 1660. 

George, carpenter, one of the first set¬ 
tlers of Newbury, Mass., 1635. 

George, resident of Stonington, Conn., 
1680. 

Henry, shoemaker, b. Eng., 1615, 
granted land at Salisbury, Mass., 1639. 
Henry took oath of allegiance at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1652. 


XXXIV 


James, a resident of Boston, Mass., 1630. 
James was at Charlestown, Mass., 1633. 
James, b. Eng., came from Southamp¬ 
ton, Eng., to Charlestown, 1635; re¬ 
moved to Newbury, Mass., 1637. 

James was at Hatfield, Mass., 1678; re¬ 
moved to Deerfield, Mass., 1682, after¬ 
wards to Colchester, Mass. 

James, landholder at Brandon, Conn., 
1679, removed to Norwalk, Conn., 1687. 
John, son of John of Hawkedon, Suf¬ 
folk, Eng., bapt. 1601, was at Water- 
town, Mass., 1636; at Duxbury, Mass., 
and 1643 at Taunton, Mass.; died at 
Swanzey, Mass., 1662. 

John, shipbuilder, b. Eng., 1595, came 
to Salem, Mass., 1629; in 1636 was at 
Duxbury, Mass.; in 1643 at Taunton, 
Mass.; following year, Rehoboth, Mass. 
John, b. Eng., 1588-89, came to N. E., 
1635; freeman at Salem, Mass., 1637; 
became permanent resident of Hamp¬ 
den, N. H., 1639. 

John, mason, son of Richard of Barton 
Regis, Gloucestershire, Eng., was in 
Maine, 1641. 

John, tailor from Badstow, Essex, Eng., 
came to N. E., 1635; was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1641. 

John, inhabitant of Milford, Conn., 
1648. 

John, Scotchman, was at Cambridge, 
Mass.; removed 1662 to Marlboro, 
Mass., 1678 to Falmouth, Maine; re¬ 
turned to Watertown, Mass. 

John, married at Reading, Mass., 1659. 
John, a resident of Duxbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1673. ^ 

John, b. Eng., 1584, nephew of Peter, 
Mayflower passenger, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., before 1633; proprietor at Taun¬ 
ton, Mass., 1637; removed to Swanzey, 
Mass., 1643. 

John, a resident of York, Maine, 1680. 
John, married at Billerica, Mass., 1682. 
John, a resident of Rowley, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1686. 

John, married at Stonington, Conn., 
1692. 

Capt. John, b. Eng., was at Marble¬ 
head, Mass., 1686. 

Joseph was an inhabitant of Lynn, 
Mass., 1680. 

Nathaniel was at Hartford, Conn., 
1647, removed to Middletown, Conn., 
1654, thence to Springfield, Mass. 
Nathaniel, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 

1685. 

■. 'Nicholas, mariner, son of Edward of 


Inkborrow, Worcestershire, Eng., was 
at Lynn, Mass., 1638; removed to Read¬ 
ing, Mass., 1663. 

Nicholas, freeman at Portsmouth, R. 
I.. 1655. 

Peter, Mayflower passenger, came to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1620, afterwards re¬ 
moved to Duxbury, Mass. 

Robert, b. 1611, came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635; no issue. 

Stephen was at Newbury, Mass, before 
1656. 

Thomas, weaver, came from Malford, 
Wiltshire, Eng., to N. E. 1635; freeman 
at Newbury, Mass., 1639. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1609; came to Con- 
L cord, Mass., 1632; an original propri¬ 
etor of Salisbury, Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, married at Cambridge, Mass., 
1656. 

Thomas, b. 1628, settled at Lynn, Mass., 
before 1656. 

Thomas, resident of Stonington, Conn, 
before 1678. 

William, employed in 1633 by Gov. 
Winthrop,’ at Boston, Mass. 

William, son of Francis of Brandon, 
Suffolk, Eng., b. 1609, located 1635 at 
Salem, Mass. 

William, one of the original settlers 
at Sudbury, 1639. 

William, a selectman at Gloucester, 
Mass., 1644. 

William, married in Plymouth, Mass., 
1649 - 

William, brother of George the car¬ 
penter, was an early settler at Salisbury, 
Mass. 

William, soapboiler, was at Salem and 
Boston, Mass, before 1650. 

William, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1655. 

BROWNELL 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1619, came from Der¬ 
byshire, Eng., 1636 to Portsmouth, R. I. 

BROWNING 

Henry, a resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1639. 

Joseph, printer and bookseller, of 
Dutch descent, was at Boston, Mass., 
1683; spelled his name Brunning. 
Nathaniel, b. London, Eng., about 
1618; came to Portsmouth, R. I., 1640. 
Thomas, freeman at Salem, Mass., 
1637, no male issue. 

BRUCE 

From De Bruys, from Bruy or Bruys, 
a place in Normandy, where the fam- 


XXXV 


ily originated. De Bruys fought at the 
Battle of Hastings; from this ancestor 
King Robert Bruce was descended. 
James was at Haverhill, Mass., 1677. 

John, resident of Sudbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1672. 

Peter was at Haverhill, Mass., 1677. 
Roger, resident of Marlboro, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1691. 

BRUEN 

Obadiah came to Marshfield, Mass., 
1640; removed to New London, Conn.; 
in 1667 went to N. J. 

BRUNDISH 

John, freeman at Watertown, Mass., 
1635; removed to Wethersfield, Conn. 
BRUNETT 

Henry, merchant at Boston, died 1687. 
BRUSH 

George, Scotchman, married 1659 at 
Woburn, Mass. 

BRYAN or BRYANT 

From Gaelic, signifying the nobly de¬ 
scended from bri, dignity, honor, and a 
diminutive of that to which it is an¬ 
nexed, belonging to it. English family 
traced to Sir Guy De Briant of Edward 
III reign, seated in the Castle of Here¬ 
ford, Wales. 

Abraham, blacksmith, b. Eng., settled 
at Reading, Mass., 1644. 

Alexander, b. Aylesburg, Eng., 1602; 
settled at Milford, Conn., 1639; remov¬ 
ed to Meriden, Conn., finally located at 
Watertown, Conn. 

John was at Taunton, Mass., 1637. 
John, b. Eng., came from Kent, Eng., 
to Scituate, Mass., 1639, later removed 
to Barnstable, Mass. 

Stephen, an inhabitant of Duxbury, 
Mass., 1643, removed to Plymouth, 
Mass., before 1650. 

William, taverner, was at Boston, 
Mass., before 1683. 

BRYER or BRIARD 

Elisha, living at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1689. 

Richard settled at Newbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1665. 

BUBIER 

Joseph, a resident of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1668. 

BUCK 

Surname borrowed from "tnorial bear¬ 
ings or shields and banners of war. 
Emanuel or Enoch, resident of Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., before 1650. 

Ephraim, married at Woburn, \ Mass., 
1671. 


Henry was at Wethersfield, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1660.- 

Isaac was at Scituate, Mass., about 
1643. 

James came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

John, brother of the preceding, came 
to Hingham, Mass., 1638; removed to 
Scituate, Mass., 1650. 

William, ploughwright, b. 1585, came 
from Eng., 1635, to Cambridge, Mass.; 
his only son, Roger, accompanied him. 
BUCKINGHAM 

From Saxon, a shire and town in Eng¬ 
land, so called from bucen, beechen, and 
ham, village, or from Saxon bucca, deer 
—the deer village. 

Thomas came from London, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., 1637; the following 
year settled at New Haven, Conn., and 
1639 removed to Milford, Conn. 
BUCKLAND 

Benjamin was at Braintree, Mass., re¬ 
moved 1675 to Rehoboth, Mass. 

Thomas, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1635; the following year removed to 
Windsor, Conn. 

William came from Weymouth, Eng., 
and was at Hingham, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved to Rehoboth, Mass., 1658. 
BUCKMAN 

William came from Ipswich, Mass., to 
Salem, Mass., 1632; removed to Chel¬ 
sea, Mass., and was, in 1664, at Malden, 
Mass. 

BUCKMINSTER 

From Saxon bucen , beecher, or bugan, 
to bend, a bow, a corner, round; and 
minster, a church or monastery. An¬ 
cient and noble English family. 

James, original proprietor of Sudbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

Thomas, a descendant of John of 
Northampton, Eng.; made a freeman 
at Sudbury, Mass., 1646. He settled at 
Scituate, Mass., 1639; afterwards at 
Boston, Mass. 

BUCKNAM 

William located at what is now Mal¬ 
den, Mass., 1647. 

BUDD 

From Welsh, thrift, gain, riches, vic¬ 
tory. Bud in Danish signifies a mes¬ 
senger, courier, a sergeant. 

Edward, carver, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1668. 

John was at Greenwich, Conn., 1664, 
and at Milford, Conn., 1677. 

Jonathan, a resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1643. 



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BUDLEY 

Giles was at Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
BUDLONG 

Francis, resident of Warwick, R. I., 
married in 1669. 

BUELL 

Place name from Bueil, a village of 
France. The name in Welsh signifies a 
herd of cattle; an ox. Branches of this 
family exist in England, France and 
Spain. The family of Bevilles, one of 
thirty-eight different ways of spelling 
the name, was ancient English family. 
Robert Beville was knight of shire for 
Huntingdonshire, 1410. 

William, b. Chesterton, Huntingdon¬ 
shire, Eng., 1610, came to Dorchester, 
Mass., 1630, and was one of the first 
settlers at Windsor, Conn., 1635. 
BUFFINGTON 

Thomas, Quaker, was at Salem, Mass., 
1650. 

BUFFUM 

Robert came from Yorkshire, Eng., to 
Salem, Mass., 1638. 

BUGBY 

Edward, b. Eng., 1594, came from Strat- 
ford-le-Bow, near London, Eng., to 
Roxbury, Mass., 1634. 

Richard, brother of preceding, came in 
Winthrop’s fleet, 1630; located at Rox¬ 
bury, Mass. 

BULFINCH 

John, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1642. 
BULGAR 

Richard, bricklayer, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1630; went to Exeter, N. H., 
1638, thence to R. I., where he died 
1679. 

BULKELEY or BUCKLEY 

Name derived from the manor of Bulk- 
eley in County of Palatine, of Chester, 
Eng. A corruption of Bullockley, the 
bullock-field or pasture. The English 
ancestor was Baron de Bulkeley, lord 
of the Manor of Bulkeley, 1199-1226. 
Rev. Peter, son of Rev. Edward of 13th 
generation from Baron Bulkeley, b. 
Odell, Bedfordshire, Eng., 1582-83, came 
to Cambridge, Mass., 1635; next year 
removed to Concord, Mass. 

Thomas, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1685. 

William was at Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
BULL 

From well known armorial; Bui in 
Saxon is a brooch, a stud, a bracelet. 

Henry, b. 1610, came to Roxbury, 
Mass., 1635; two years later removed 
to Boston, Mass., 1638 to Portsmouth, 
R. I. 


Isaac married at Boston, Mass., 1653. 
John, feltmaker, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1658. 

Robert, a resident of Saybrook, Conn., 

1653. 

Thomas, b. 1610, landed at Boston, 
Mass., 1635; next year removed to 
Hartford, Conn. 

William was inhabitant of Cambridge, 
Mass., 1644. 

BULLARD 

Having the disposition of a bull. 

Benjamin was at Watertown, Mass., 
1642. 

George, freeman at Watertown, Mass., 
1641. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1599, came to Water- 
town, Mass., 1630, died 1634, leaving only 
son Benjamin, brought up by his uncle, 
William, of Dedham. 

William, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1601, came from Kent, Eng., and 
was granted land in Dedham, Mass., 
1635. : * t 
BULLEN 

John was at Medfield, Mass., 1649. 
Samuel, freeman at Dedham, Mass., 
1641. 

BULLIS 

Philip, mariner, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1663. 

BULLOCK 

A full grown ox. The members of 
families of Bulls, Bullards and Bul¬ 
locks are noted for being firm and in¬ 
flexible in their way. 

David, a resident of Rehoboth, Mass., 
1668. 

Henry, husbandman, b. Eng., 1595, 
came from Essex, Eng., to Charlestown, 
Mass., 1635; was at Salem, Mass., 1643. 
Richard, b. Essex Co., Eng., settled at 
Rehoboth, Mass., 1643. 

Samuel married at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1673; no male issue. 

BULLY 

Nicholas, a constable at Saco, Maine, 
1664. 

BUMPASS or BUMPUS 

Edward came to Plymouth, Mass., 1621; 
removed to Duxbury, Mass... afterwards 
to Marshfield Mass., and 1652 was one 
of the first proprietors of Dartmouth, 
Mass. 

BUMSTEAD 

Edward, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1640 

T /<>mas came to Roxbury, Mass., 1640. 
BUNCC 

Thomas, of Scotch descent, b. Eng., 


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1612, proprietor at Hartford, Conn., 
1636. 

BUNDY 

John was at Plymouth, Mass., 1643, 
removed to Boston, Mass., afterwards 
was at Taunton, Mass. 

BUNKER 

Name derived from French Bon Coeur 
—a good heart. 

George, son of William, a French Hu- 
, genot, b. Eng., came to Ipswich, Mass., 
removed to Topsfield, Mass., where he 
was drowned 1656. 

George, freeman at Charlestown, Mass., 
1634. 

BUNN 

In Gaelic a hill. 

Edward was a resident of Hull, Mass., 
where he married 1673. 

Matthew was at Hull, Mass., before 

1659. 

BUNNELL 

A corruption of Bonhill, a parish in 
County of Dumbarton, Scotland. Wil¬ 
liam La Bonnell came to Eng. with 
William the Conqueror. 

Benjamin took oath of allegiance at 
New Haven, Conn., 1657. 

Solomon, brother of preceding, was 
resident of New Haven, Conn., 1638. 
William, brother of preceding, came 
with his brothers from Cheshire, Eng., 
to New Haven, Conn., 1638. 

BURBANK 

The name of German origin; it is 
found just once in the Doomsday Book 
amongst 10,000 land owners. 

John, b. Eng., 1600, freeman at Rowley, 
Mass., 1640. 

Joseph, b. Eng., 1611, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

BURBEEN 

John, tailor, came from Scotland to 
Woburn, Mass., before 1660. 
BURCHSTED 

John Henry, a German physician, 
came from Silesia to Lynn, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1690. 

BURDEN 

A corruption of bourdon —a pilgrim’s 
staff. 

Francis, a freeman at Portsmouth, R. 
I., 1655. 

George, shoemaker, b. Eng., 1615, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Robert, married at Lynn, Mass., 1650. 

BURDETT or BURDITT 

A little bird, ett signifying young, small 
and tender. 


Rev. George came from Yarmouth, 
Norfolk, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1635; 
went to Dover, N. H., 1637-38; thence 
to York, Maine, afterwards returned to 
Eng. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1633, was married at 
Malden, Mass., 1653. 

BURDICK 

Robert was at Newport, R. I., as early 
as 1652, removed to Westerly, R. I. be¬ 
fore 1661. 

BURDON 

George came from Eng. to Boston, 
Mass., 1636. 

BURDSALL 

Henry, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1638. 
BURGE 

In all Teutonic languages signifies a 
hill, a fortification, tower, etc. 

Giles was at Dorchester, Mass., 1682. 
Thomas was at Lynn, Mass., removed 
1637 to Sandwich, Mass. 

BURGESS or BURGISS 

An inhabitant of a borough, a freeman, 
citizen. 

Francis, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1654. 

James, b. Eng., 1621, came to Boston, 
1635, aged 14 years. 

Richard was at Sandwich, Mass., 1643, 
Roger was at Boston, Mass., before 
1664. 

Thomas came from Eng. to Duxbury, 
Mass., 1637; next year removed to 
Sandwich, Mass. 

Thomas, a resident of Concord, Mass., 
1660. 

BURKBY 

Thomas was at Rowley, Mass., 1643. 
BURKE 

A corruption of De Burgo, that is— 
from fort, castle, hill, etc. This family 
went to England with the Conqueror, 
afterwards into Ireland with Strong- 
bow. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1640, located at Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., 1670; had land granted at 
Stow, Mass., 1686. 

BURLEIGH 

J Place name from Burghley or Burleigh, 
i. e. the field belonging to the burgh. 
Giles, an inhabitant of Ipswich, Mass., 
1648. 

BURLINGHAM or BURLINGAME 

Roger was at Stonington, Conn., 1654, 
and at Warwick, R. I., 1660; removed 
to Providence, R. I., before 1670. 

BURLISSON 

Edward was at Suffield, Conn., 1677. 


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BURMAN 

Thomas, resident of Barnstable, Mass., 
before 1663. 

BURN or BURNS 

Edward, freeman at Hingham, Mass., 
1666. 

John, a resident of Plymouth, Mass., 
1651. 

Lawrence, resident of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1668. 

Richard removed from Lynn, Mass., 
to Sandwich, Mass., 1637. 

Thomas was at Marshfield, Mass., 
1648. 

William, a resident of Duxbury, 
Mass., 1638. 

BURNAP 

Robert, b. Eng., 1595, settled at Rox- 
bury, Mass., removed to Reading, Mass, 
after 1642. 

BURNELL 

William came from Yorkshire, Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., 1630. 

BURNHAM 

Place name derived from Burnham, a 
town in Norfolk, also Essex, Eng. In 
the old English burn signifies river, and 
ham village—the village by the river. 
In Cornish British Burnham means the 
house or town on rising ground. Wal¬ 
ter le Ventre, a follower of William the 
Conqueror, was made lord of the Sax¬ 
on village of Burnham; became known 
as De Burnham. 

John, carpenter, son of Robert, b. 1616, 
came to Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, b. 
Norwich, Norfolk, Eng.; 1635, to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., afterwards removed to 
Dover, N. H. 

Thomas, carpenter, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, b. Norwich, Eng., 1619; settled 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 

Thomas, lawyer, b. Hatfield, Hereford¬ 
shire, Eng., 1617, came to Barbadoes, 
1635; first record in N. E. at Hartford, 
Conn., 1649. 

BURPEE 

Thomas came from Eng. to Mass., 
about 1644, settled at Rowley, Mass., 
1651. 

BURR 

From Gaelic hurt —quizzing, joking; 
also in English, fish. Burort, Dutch, a 
hamlet, a neighborhood. The name was 
originally Beur, a district in Nether¬ 
lands. The German buer means a rural 
district. 

Benjamin, original settler of Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1635. 

Jehu, b. Eng., came in Winthrop’s fleet 


1630 to Boston, Mass.; freeman at 
Rowley, Mass., 1632; pioneer at 
Springfield, Mass., 1636, and 1640, re¬ 
moved to Fairfield, Mass. 

Rev. Jonathan, b. Redgrave, Suffolk, 
Eng., 1604, came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1639, where he died of smallpox, 1641. 
Simon, brother of preceding, b. Eng., 
settled at Hingham, Mass., before 1645. 
BURRAGE 

The family was numerous in the 16th 
century. The American branch is trac¬ 
ed to Robert Burrage of Seething, a 
small parish near Norton, Subcourse, 9 
miles south of Norwich, Eng. 

John, son of John, of the 4th genera¬ 
tion from Robert mentioned above, 
x/bapt. 1611; freeman at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, married at Lynn, Mass., 1687. 
BURRILL 

George, a resident of Lynn, Mass., 1630. 
John was at Roxbury, Mass., prior to, 
1632. 

John settled at Weymouth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1659. 

William was resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1650. 

BURRITT 

William, b. Eng., early settler of Strat¬ 
ford, Conn., 1640. 

BURROUGHS or BURROWS 

The family seated near Barnstable, 
Devonshire, Eng. 

Francis, merchant, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1685. 

Jeremiah was at Scituate, Mass., 1647. 
John, cooper, came from Yarmouth, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1637. 

John, a resident of New Haven, Conn., 

1644. 

John, resident of Enfield, Conn., 1684. 
Peter was early settler of Wethersfield, 
Conn.; removed to New London, Conn. 
Robert married at Wethersfield, Conn., 

1645. 

William, b. 1616, came to N. E. 1635; 
was at Providence, R. I., 1641. 
BURSLEY 

John, early settler at Weymouth, 
Mass.; afterwards removed to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., where he was admitted 
freeman 1630. 

BURT (see BURR) 

George, a resident of Lynn, Mass., 1635. 
Henry was at Roxbury, Mass., and in 
1640 removed to Springfield, Mass. 
James came from Eng.; was at New¬ 
port, R. I., 1639; removed to Taunton, 
Mass., 1645. 


XXXIX 


Richard, one of the first purchasers at 
Taunton, Mass., 1639. 

Roger, resident of Cambridge, Mass., 
1643 - 
BURTON 

Place name from a town in Leicester¬ 
shire, Eng. The name signifies Bur- 
toun, from abundance of burs growing 
thereabout. 

Boniface was at Lynn, Mass., 1630; 
made freeman at Salem, Mass., 1635; 
removed to Reading, Mass., 1644. 
Edward was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1633; removed to Hingham, Mass., 
where he was granted lands, 1647. 
John, tanner, was at Salem, Mass., 

1637- 

Thomas, a resident of Hingham, Mass., 

1640. 

William was at Warwick, R. I., remov¬ 
ed to Providence, R. I., where he died 

1714. 

BURWELL 

John came from County Plerts, Eng., 
to Milford, Conn., 1639. 

BUSBY 

Nicholas, b. Eng., 1587, weaver, came 
from Norwich, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 
1637 removed to Watertown, Mass., re¬ 
turned to Boston, Mass., 1646. 

BUSH 

Edward was resident of Salem, Mass., 
1665. 

John took oath of fidelity at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1652. 

John was at Wells, Maine, 1654. 
Randolph, Randolp or Renold was a 
resident of what is now Brighton, Mass., 

1641. 

Samuel was at Suffield, Conn., 1679. 
BUSHELL 

Edward, merchant, b. Eng., 1612, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

BUSHNELL 

From Dutch, bossen-hall, a fagot or 
wood market, or a hall or mansion in 
the wood. 

Francis, b. Eng., came to N. E., 1635, 
settled at Guilford, Conn., 1639. 

John, glazier, b. Eng., 1614, resided at 
Boston, Mass., coming to N. E. 1635. 
BUSS, BUSSE or BUSSEY 

Place name from town of Bussey in the 
.province of Burgundy, France. 

Isaac, weaver, b. Eng., 1592, was at 
Salem, Mass., 1639; ’de freeman at 
Salisbury, Mass., 1641L > 

John, brother of the preceding, was 
resident of Salisbury, Mast 1640. 

S 


William married at Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1687. 

BUTCPIER 

John, married at Boston, Mass., 1662. 
BUTLER 

The family derived their origin from 
the old counts of Briony or Biony in 
Normandy, a descendant of whom, 
Herveius Fitz Walter accompanied the 
Conqueror to Eng. The king confer¬ 
red on him the office of Chief Butler of 
Ireland, hence his descendants took sur¬ 
name of De Boteler or Butler. 

Daniel, a resident of Wickford, R. I., 
1674 - 

Henry, schoolmaster, came from Coun¬ 
ty of Kent, Eng., in 1642, to Dorchester, 
Mass., returned to Eng. 

James, resident of Lancaster, Mass., 
1663, removed to Woburn, Mass., and 
to Billerica, Mass., where he died, 1681. 
John, physician, came to Boston, Mass., 
1644, was at Hartford, Conn., 16 66, re¬ 
moved to Branford, Conn., 1669. 

John, a resident of New London, 
Conn., before 1685. 

Nicholas came from Eastwell, Kent, 
^/Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved 1651 to Martha’s Vineyard, 
Mass., 1651. 

Peter was resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1655. 

- Richard came from Braintree, Eng., in 
1632 to Cambridge, Mass., removed to 
Hartford, Conn., before 1643. 

Stephen was at Boston, Mass., 1652. 
Thomas was at Lynn, Mass., removed 
« to Lynn, Mass.; removed to Sand¬ 
wich, Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1674, settled at Ber¬ 
wick, Maine, 1690. 

Walter was at Greenwich, Conn., 1672. 
William, brother of Richard, was at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1634; removed to 
Hartford, Conn., before 1641. 

BUTMAN 

A marksman. 

Jeremiah settled at Salem, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1659. 

BUTT or BUTTS 

Butts were marks for archery in most 
parishes; places were set apart for this 
sport, which was called “the Butts,” 
hence the name was given to a person 
residing near such a spot. Butt signi¬ 
fies a promontory, as the Butt of Lewis 
—an isle of Scotland. 

Richard was a resident of Dorchester, 
Mass., before 1675. 


xl 


BUTTER or BUTTERS 

Isaac, freeman at Medfield, Mass., 1666. 
William, b. Scotland, 1630, was at Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., before 1689. 
BUTTERFIELD 

Benjamin was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1638; went to Woburn, 1640; one of 
the original proprietors of Chelmsford, 
Mass., 1654. 

BUTTERWORTH 

John was at Rehoboth, Mass., 1643; 
was at Swanzey, Mass., before 1663. 
Samuel, freeman at Weymouth, Mass., 
1640; removed to Rehoboth, Mass., 1645. 
BUTTOLPH 

Thomas, glover, b. Eng., 1603, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1635. 

BUTTON 

John, miller, freeman at Boston, Mass., 

1634. 

Matthias, a Dutchman, was at Boston, 
Mass., as early as 1634. 

Robert, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1642. 
BUTTRICK 

William, b. Eng., about 1617, came 
from Kingston on the Thames to Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1635, removed to Chelms¬ 
ford, Mass. 

BUTTRY or BUTTERY 

Nicholas, b. Eng., 1602, came from 
London, Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 

1635. 

BUXTON 

Place name—a village in Derbyshire, 
Eng. From Saxon boc, a beech, and 
German buche and ton —the beech town. 
Anthony, b. Eng., about 1601, came to 
Salem, Mass., 1637. 

BUZZELL or BUS WELL 

Isaac, b. Eng., about 1593, proprietor 
at Salisbury, Mass., 1639; removed to 
Hampton, N. H., in that year; return¬ 
ed to Salisbury. 

BYAM 

George, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1642; 
removed to Wenham, Mass., from there 
to Chelmsford, Mass., about 1653. 
BYFIELD 

Nathaniel, son of Rev. Richard, b. 
Long Ditton, Surrey, Eng., 1653; was 
a proprietor at Bristol county, Mass., 
1679. 

BYLES 

Josiah, sadler, came from Winchester, 
Hants, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1695. 
BYLEY 

Henry, tanner, b. Eng., 1612, original 
settler at Salisbury, Mass., 1639. 
BYNNS 

Jonas was at Dover, N. H., 1654. 


BYRAM 

Nicholas, physician, was at Weymouth, 
Mass., 1638, removed to Bridgewater, 
Mass., 1662. 

CABELL 

George, merchant, Boston, Mass., 1695. 
John came to N. E., 1631, was at 
Springfield, Mass., 16,36, removed to 
Fairfield, Conn., was on list of freeman 
1669. 

CABOT 

Family of Norman origin. 

George, son of Francis of St. Trinity, 
Island of Jersey, Eng., came to Boston, 
Mass., 1670. 

Jean, brother of the preceding, was an 
inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 1670. 
CADMAN 

George was at Dartmouth, Mass., 1685. 
CADOGAN 

From Welsh cad, battle, gwg, fierce, 
terrible in battle. 

Rice or Richard, freeman at Kittery,, 
Maine. 

CADWELL 

Thomas, a resident of Hartford, Conn., 
1632. 

CADY or CADE 

From Gaelic cadia, the house of God. 
There is a community in Switzerland 
called Casdee, i. e., the house of God; 
Cadie in Scotch, errand boy, messenger. 
Benjamin, married at Andover, Mass., 
1664. 

James came from Wales to Hingham, 
Mass., 1635 ; removed to Boston, Mass.; 
1640 to Yarmouth, Mass. 

Jonathan was at Rowley, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1667; removed to Killingly, Conn. 
Nicholas, b. Eng., was at Watertown, 
Mass., 1645; removed to Groton, Mass., 
1668. 

Richard was an inhabitant of Mass., 
1652. 

CAFFINGE or CAFFINS 

John, an original proprietor at Guil¬ 
ford, Conn., 1639; was at New Haven, 
Conn., 1643. 

Samuel', brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man 1649 at New Haven, Conn. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, died 
at New Haven, Conn., 1647. 

CAHOON 

William was at Swanzey, Mass., 1669. 
CAINE or CAIN 

In Welsh and Gaelic, chaste, beloved, 
fair, beautiful. 

Christopher, freeman at Cambridge, 
Mass. 


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CAKEHEAD 

Thomas, freeman at Watertown, Mass., 
1634, was a resident of Dedham and 
Sudbury, Mass. 

CALDWELL 

From cold meaning cold, and well, 
spring; became known as Coldwell, 
finally Caldwell. 

John, weaver, b. Eng., 1624, was at 
Boston, Mass., 1643, removed to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1654. 

CALEF or CALFE 

James was at Rowley, Mass., 1644. 
Robert, b. Eng., about 1648, settled at 
Boston, Mass., 1688, removed to Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1707. 

CALKINS 

Deacon Hugh, Welsh descent, b. 
Wales, 1600, settled in Marshfield, 
Mass., 1638-40, later at Gloucester, 
Mass. 

CALL 

From Welsh, prudent, discerning, trick- 
ish; Caill and Cull, same in Gaelic. 
John was at Charlestown, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas, tilemaker or husbandman, was 
at Charlestown, Mass., 1636. 
CALLENDER 

Elias, cooper, one of the founders of 
the First Baptist Church at Boston, 
Mass., 1669. 

CALLOWAY or CALLOWE 

Oliver, mariner at Watertown, Mass., 
1642, removed to Boston, Mass., 1656. 
CALLUM 

John took oath of fidelity at Haver¬ 
hill, Mass., 1677. 

CALVERLY 

Edmund at Warwick, 1661, removed to 
Newport, R. I.; no record of any issue. 
CAMP 

Edward, a resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1643. 

John, freeman at Hartford, Conn., 
1669. 

Nicholas, b. Eng., before 1630, came 
from Nasing, Essex, Eng., to Water- 
town, Mass., 1638, removed to Guilford, 
1639, granted land at Milford, Conn., 
1646. 

William married at New London, 
Conn., 1683. 

CAMPBELL 

From Celtic and Gaelic, Wry-mouth, 
the man whose mouth is inclined a little 
on one side; from cam, crooked, dis¬ 
torted, bevl, the mouth. The family is 
traced to the beginning of the fifth cen¬ 
tury, was possessed of Lochore in 
Argyleshire, Scotland, as early as the 
time of Fergus II. 


Duncan, bookseller, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1685. 

John, proprietor at Boston New’s 
Letter, resident of Boston, Mass., 1695. 
CAMFIELD or CANFIELD 

John, freeman at Portsmouth, R. I., 

1655. 

Matthew, a resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1644, removed to N. J., 1665. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, b. 
Yorkshire, Eng., was at New Haven, 
in 1646 at Milford, Conn. 

CAMPION 

Clement at Portsmouth, N. H., 1647. 
CANADA 

James, a resident of Rowley, Mass., 
1671. 

CANDE 

Zaccheus, proprietor at New Haven, 
Conn., 1685. 

CANN 

From Gaelic Ceann and Kin, and Welsh 
Ken or Cen, the head; projection. 
John, married at Boston, Mass., 1661. 
CANNEY 

Thomas, sent over by Mason, 1631 to 
Portsmouth, N. H., removed to Dover, 
N. H., 1644. 

CANNIN or CANON 

From Welsh; the river Taf is called 
in the interior, Canon, or the singing 
river; a rule, a law, a dignitary of the 
church. 

John, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1621. 
CANTERBURY 

Cornelius, settler at Hingham, Mass., 
1639, no male issue. 

William, b. Eng., settled at Salem, 
Mass., 1638; removed to Lynn, Mass., 
1641. 

CAPEN 

Bernard, b. Eng., came to Mass., 1630; 
proprietor at Dedham, Mass., 1633; 
had only son John who may have pre¬ 
ceded his father to N. E. 

CAPRON 

Banfield or Benfield, b. Chester, Eng., 
about 1660, came to N. E. 1680, set¬ 
tled at what is now Barrington, R. I., 
was later a resident of Attleboro, Mass. 

CARD 

A word used in some parts of Scot¬ 
land to denote a traveling tinker; 
Cleairde, Gaelic, a tradesman. 

Richard, freeman at Newport, R. I., 
1665. 

CARDER 

Richard was at Roxbury, M .ss., free¬ 
man, Boston, Mass., 1636, removed the 
following year to Wa.wick, R. I. 




xlii 


CARLETON 

From the Saxon word coere, husband¬ 
man and town. The English family is 
traced to Baldwin de Carleton of Carle- 
ton near Penrith, Eng., 1066. 

Edward, son of Eramas, mercer of 
London, Eng., of the XIX generation 
from Baldwin de Carleton, b. Eng., 
1605, one of founders of Rowley, Mass., 
1638-39, returned to Eng., 1651, where 
he died that year; his son John came to 
N. E. after the death of his father. 
CARLILE, CARLEY or CARLISLE 

Bartholomew, married at Sudbury, 
Mass., 1686. 

William came from Eng., was propri¬ 
etor 1637, at Hingham, Mass., one of 
the first planters of Hull, Mass., 1642; 
a founder of Lancaster, Mass., 1653; 
later resided at Marlboro, Mass. 
CARMAN 

John was at Roxbury, Mass., 1631, re¬ 
moved to L. I., a patentee of Hemp¬ 
stead. 

CARNES 

From Welsh Came, a rock, a heap of 
stones. This family claims descent 
from I the l. King of Ghent, now Mon¬ 
mouthshire, through his son Thomas 
o’r Gare, who was brought up at one 
of his father’s seats called Pencarne 
(from pen, the head, and came, a rock, 
a heap of stones), whence he was nam¬ 
ed Came. 

John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1649. 
Thomas was at New Haven, Conn., 
1684. 

CARNEY 

James, surgeon, at Boston, Mass., 1686. 
CARPENTER 

Occupation surname; ancient English 
family seated in Hertfordshire and 
other parts of Eng. The English fam¬ 
ily has been traced to John, b. 1303, who 
was a member of Parliament in 1323. 
David was at Farmington, Conn., where 
he died 1651. 

John was at Ipswich, Mass., 1678. 
Thomas, carpenter, came from Ames- 
bury, Wiltshire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 
1536 . 

William, in the ninth generation from 
John, b. Eng., 1576, came with his son, 
William, b. 1605, to N. E. 1637, return¬ 
ed on the same ship leaving his son 
William in America; the latter made 
a freeman at Weymouth, Mass., 1640; 
was one of the founders of Rehoboth, 
Mass. ; a carpenter by trade. 

William, carpenter, son of Richard, 
Amesbury, Wiltshire, Eng., and of the 


tenth generation from John, mentioned 
above, settled in Providence, R. I., 1637, 
and was founder of the R. I. 'branch 
of the family. 

CARR 

This surname has several significations; 
Caer, Cornish British, a city, a town, a 
fort, a castle. Carre, French, a stout, 
broad-shouldered man. Cazur, Welsh, 
a giant. The family is of Norman and 
French origin; William Karrie was a 
noble in the train of William the Con¬ 
queror. 

Caleb, son of Benjamin, b. London, 
Eng., 1616, came to Newport, R. I., 
1638. 

George, shipwright, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1633, removed to Salisbury, 
Mass., 1640, and 1662 was at Amesbury, 
Mass. 

Richard, b. 1606, came to N. E., 1635, 
on record 1640, at Hampton, N. H., and 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1678. 

Robert, tailor, brother of Caleb, b. Lon¬ 
don, Eng., 1614, settled at Bristol, R. I., 
1635, became a resident of Portsmouth, 
R. I., 1639, removed to Newport, R. I., 
one of the original purchasers of Island 
of Conanicut in Narragansett Bay. 

CARRIER 

Thomas, b. Wales about 1630, was at 
Billerica, Mass., 1674, later at Andover, 
Mass., and Colchester, Conn. 

CARRINGTON 

Edward, a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1633. 

John, inhabitant of Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1644. 

CARROLL 

Anthony was at Topsfield, Mass., 1661. 
Nathaniel an inhabitant of Mass., 
1672. 

CARTER 

Occupation surname, one who drives a 
cart. Cairtear, Gaelic, a tourist, a so¬ 
journer. 

Caleb married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1678. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., 1640, 
v/ one of the early settlers of Woburn, 
Mass. 

Joshua, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1634, removed to Windsor, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1647. 

Lawrence was at Hadley, Mass., 1686. 
Philip took oath of allegiance at Exe¬ 
ter, N. H., 1677. 

Ralph was at Boston, Mass., 1676. 
Richard, broadweaver, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1640; no male issue. 


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Robert was at Malden, Mass., 1674. 
Samuel, freeman at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1647. 

Thomas, freeman at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1637. 

Rev. Thomas, b. Hertfordshire, Eng., 
1608, came from St. Albans, Hertford¬ 
shire, Eng., to Dedham, Mass., in 1641; 
first minister at Woburn, Mass., 1642. 
Thomas, planter, b. Eng., settled in 
Ipswich, Mass., 1638, the following 
year was amongst first settlers at Sal¬ 
isbury, Mass. 

Thomas was at York, Maine, 1663. 
William was at Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

CARTHRICK or CARTRACK 

Michael, carpenter, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1635. 

CARTWRIGHT 

Arthur, a resident of Dorchester, 
Mass., 1666. 

Edward, mariner, was at Boston, Mass., 
1662. 

Edward was at Nantucket, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1678. 

Nicholas, was at Nantucket, Mass., 
before 1706. 

CARVEATH 

Ezekiel, resident of Boston, Mass., 

1674. 

CARVER 

Occupation name from wood carver. 
The name appears in the Hundred Rolls 
as Adam C. Karver and Richard C. 
Kerver. 

John, Mayflower passenger, first gov¬ 
ernor of Plymouth Colony; left no 
male issue. 

Richard, b. 1578, came from. Cratly, 
Norfolk, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 
1638, he died 1641-43; no record of any 
issue. 

Robert, planter, son of Isaac, nephew 
of Gov. John, b. Boston, Lincolnshire, 
Eng., 1594, settled-at Marshfield, Mass., 
1638. 

CARRWITHEN, CARWITHEN 

David was at Salem, Mass., 1644. 
Joshua, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1657. 

Philip was at New London, Conn., 
1650. 

CARY 

Place name from the manor of Cary or 
Kari, in parish of St. Giles, near Laun¬ 
ceston, Eng., Cary in the British signi¬ 
fied beloved, dear. English ancestor, 
Adam de Karry, 1198. 

James came from Bristol, Eng., to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1639. 


John, brother of the preceding, son of 
William, b. 1609, came from Bristol, 
Eng., to Plymouth Colony. Among the 
first settlers at Duxbury and Bridge- 
water, Mass. 

Nathaniel, resident of Salem, Mass., 

1637. 

CASE 

From Latin meaning a house or a cot¬ 
tage. French case, a hut, a hovel; Gae¬ 
lic cass, caise, steep, quick, hasty, pas¬ 
sionate. The name is found in the 
Hundred Rolls in the thirteenth cen¬ 
tury. 

Ebenezer, married at Roxbury, Mass., 
1690. 

Edward came to Watertown, Mass., 

1638, one of the incorporators of Taun¬ 
ton, Mass. 

John, farmer and landowner, b. Ayle- 
sham, Eng., 1616, came to N. E., 1635, 
settled at Hartford, Conn., removed to 
Newtown, L. I., returned 1656 to Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., and in 1667 settled in what 
is now Simsbury, Conn. 

Richard, brother of the preceding, was 
at Hartford, Conn., 1660. 

William, freeman at Newport, R. I., 

1655- 

CASELEY or CASLEY 

Edward was at Scituate, Mass., 1638, 
removed to Barnstable, Mass., 1639. 
William was at Lynn, Mass., removed 
to Sandwich, Mass. 

CASEY 

Thomas, resident of Newport, R. I., 
1658. 

CASH 

William, mariner, was at Salem, Mass., 
before 1667. 

CASKIN 

William, a resident of Concord, Mass., 
before 1642. 

CASS 

From Gaelic cas, a verb, to turn against, 
to thwart, oppose. 

James was at Westerly, R. I., 1669. 
John, resident of Hampton, N. H., 

1644. 

CASSELL or CASSILEY 

George was inhabitant of Mass., 1657. 
Robert was at Ipswich, Mass., 1637, 
and at Hampton, N. H., 1639. 

CASTLE 

Henry, b. Eng., an early settler of 
Woodbury, Conn. 

Matthew, married at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1687. 

William, mariner, was a resident of 
Boston, Mass., 1673. 


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CAWLY 

Thomas was at Marblehead, Mass., 
1671. 

CAYME 

Arthur took oath of allegiance at 
York, Maine, 1680. 

CENTER 

John was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1682. 

CHADBOURNE 

Humphrey, sent over by Mason to 
Portsmouth, N. H., 1631. 

James was at Kittery, Maine, 1677. 
William was at Kittery, Maine, 1631. 
CHADSEY 

William, b. Wales, came to Newport, 
R. I., 1692. 

CHADWELL 

Richard was at Lynn, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved next year to Sandwich, Mass. 
CHADWELL 

Richard was at Lynn, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved next year to Sandwich, Mass. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1611, came to Salem, Mass., 1636, 
removed to Lynn, Mass., thence to 
Sandwich, Mass., was living at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1670; finally returned to 
Lynn, Mass. 

CHADWICK 

From Saxon Cyte and wick; Cyte sig¬ 
nifies cottage, and wick, harbor, a shel¬ 
tered place. 

Charles, b. Eng., 1596, freeman at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1630. 

John, brother of the preceding, b. Eng., 
was at Watertown, freeman 1656; re¬ 
moved early to Malden, Mass. 

Samuel, married at Reading, Mass., 
1685. 

Thomas, brother of John, b. Eng., 1655, 
settled in Newbury, Mass., 1679, remov¬ 
ed to Watertown, Mass. 

CHAFFEE or CHAFFIN 

From French Chafe, to heat, to grow 
warm or angry; chauffer, to warm, to 
cannonade, attack briskly. 

Ebenezer, was at Boston, Mass., before 
1690. 

Matthew, ship carpenter, freeman at 
Boston, Mass., 1636. 

Thomas came to Hingham, Mass., 1635, 
on record at Nantasket, Mass., 1642, 
afterwards resided at Hull and Reho- 
both, Mass. 

CHALCROFT 

Richard, a resident of Salem, Mass., 
1668. 

CHALLIS or CHALICE 

A cup or bowl; taken from the sign of 
a house or shop. 


Philip, b. Eng., 1617, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1637. 

CHALKER 

Alexander, married at Saybrook, Conn., 

1637- 

CHALKLEY or CHAUKLEY 

Robert, freeman at Charlestown, Mass., 
1646. 

CHAMBERLAIN or CHAMBERLIN 

John de Tankerville, son of Count 
Tankerville of Tankerville Castle in 
Normandy came to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror. His son, John de 
Tankerville, was Lord Chamberlain to 
Henry I, and his son, John, held the 
same position at the court of Stephen 
I, and assumed the surname of Cham¬ 
berlain. 

Edward or Edmund, was resident of 
Woburn, Mass., married at Roxbury, 
Mass., 1647, removed to Chelmsford, 
Mass., 1655. 

Henry, shoemaker, came from Hing¬ 
ham, Norfolk, Eng., 1638, settled at 
Hingham, Mass., removed to Hull, 
Mass., 1660. 

John, currier, was resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1651. 

John was a resident of Charlestown 
and Woburn, Mass., before 1652. 

John, freeman at Malden, Mass., 1690. 
John was at Cambridge, Mass., 1635. 
Joseph, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1654, removed to Billerica, Mass. 
Richard, b. Eng., settled in Braintree, 
Mass., 1642, removed to Roxbury, later 
to Sudbury, Mass. 

Thomas, brother of Edmund and Wil¬ 
liam, freeman at Woburn, Mass., 1644, 
removed to Chelmsford, Mass. 

William was at Boston, Mass., 1647, 
removed two years later to Hingham or 
Hull, Mass. 

William, brother of Edmund and 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1620, settled at Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., 1648, removed to Billerica, 
Mass., 1654. 

CHAMBERS or CHALMERS 

One of the clan Cameron of Scotland, 
going thence to France, put his name in 
Latin dress, styling himself De Camer- 
aria, which was called in French De La 
Chambre. Upon his return to Scotland 
he was again, according to their dialect, 
called Chambers. Chalmers is a cor¬ 
ruption of same. 

Thomas was at Scituate, Mass., 1640, 
removed to Charlestown, Mass., 1658. 
CHAMBERNOON 

Francis was at Kittery, Maine, 1639; at 
Portsmouth, N. H., 1646, and York, 
Maine, 1665. 


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CHAMPION 

A soldier, one wdio fought in public 
combat, in his own or another man’s 
quarrel. 

Henry came from Eng. to Saybrook, 
Conn., 1647; removed to Lyme, Conn. 
CHAMPLIN 

A flat, open country, from champ an 
open, level field or plain, and lean, a 
meadow. The family of Norman-French 
origin. 

Geoffrey or Jeffrey, b. Eng., 1621, was 
at Portsmouth, N. H., 1638, soon after¬ 
wards became a resident of Newport, 
R. I. 

CHAMPNEY 

From French champ, a field, and ey, 
water—the wet country—country near 
the water. Sir Henry de Champney 
was in the train of William the Con¬ 
queror. 

Christopher was at Cambridge, Mass., 
1644. 

John, a resident of Cambridge, Mass., 

1635. 

Joseph, freeman at Cambridge, Mass.-, 
1654; removed to Billerica, Mass. 
Richard, brother of John, came from 
Lincolnshire, Eng. to Cambridge, Mass., 
where he was a freeman in 1636. 
CHANDLER 

Occupation surname, a maker or seller 
of various wares, originally of candles. 
Edmund settled at Plymouth, Mass., 
1633; granted land at Duxbury, Mass., 
was at Scituate, Mass., 1650; returned 
to Duxbury, Mass., 1662. 

John, freeman at Concord, Mass., 1640. 
John, shoemaker at Portsmouth, N. H,, 
1658. 

Nathaniel was at Duxbury, Mass., 
1643. 

Roger, a resident of Plymouth, Mass., 

1633- 

Roger married at Concord, Mass., 1671. 
Samuel was at Plymouth, Mass., 1633, 
removed to Dorchester, Mass., where he 
married 1664. 

William, b. Eng., came to Roxbury, 
Mass., 1637, an original proprietor of 
Andover, Mass. 

William was a resident of Newbury, 
Mass., before 1652. 

CHAPIN 

A corruption of Chapman, a trader, a 
shopman. The family of French origin. 
Samuel came from Eng. to Roxbury, 
Mass., settled permanently at Spring- 
field, Mass; freeman in 1641. 
CHAPLEMAN 

Michael at Salem, Mass., 1668. 


CHAPLIN or CHAPLAIN 

Clement, chandler, b. Eng., 1587; came 
from Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Eng., 
in 1635 to Cambridge, Mass.; in 1636 
removed to Hartford, Conn., and _ in 
or sell. Saxon ceap, a bargain, a price,. 
1643 was at Wethersfield, Conn. 
Hugh, son of Ebenezer, grandson of 
Jeremiah of Bradford, Eng., b. 1603, 
came to Rowley, Mass., 1638. 
CHAPMAN 

From Saxon ceap an or cypan, to buy 
or sell. Saxon ceap a bargain, a price, 
a trader, a shopman. 

Edward was at Windsor, Conn., 1662. 
Edward came from Yorkshire, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., 1639; was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1642, afterwards at Rowley, 
Mass. 

John, weaver, freeman at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1634; was at New Haven, Conn., 
1639; removed to Fairfield, thence to 
Stamford, Conn. 

Ralph, ship carpenter, b. Eng., 1615, 
came from Southwark, Surrey, Eng., 

1636, to Duxbury, Mass., afterwards re¬ 
moved to Marshfield, Mass. 

Richard was at Braintree, Mass., 1649. 
Robert came from Hull, Eng. to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635, the same year removed 
to Saybrook, Conn. 

Robert was at Dover, N. H., 1663. 
Simon, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 1675. 
William came from Eng., to New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1656. 

CHAPPELL 

George, b. Eng., 1615, came to N. E., 
1635, and in 1637 was a resident of 
Wethersfield, Conn.; removed to New 
London, Conn., 1650. 

Nathaniel, freeman, Boston, Mass., 
1634, where he had resided since 1634. 
William settled at New London, 
Conn., 1653. 

CHARD 

William, a freeman at Weymouth, 
Mass., 1654. 

CHARLES 

From German carl, stout, strong, 
courageous and valiant. 

John at Charlestown, Mass., 1636; re¬ 
moved to New Haven, Conn., before 
1640. 

William was resident of Salem, Mass., 

1637. 

CHARLETT 

Nicholas was at Boston, Mass., 1642, 
in the employ of John Mylam, made 
freeman 1645. 

CHASE or CHACE 

The family is of Norman origin, the 


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name formerly being La Chassie. The 
seat of the English family is at Ches- 
ham, Buckinghamshire, Eng. 

Aquilla, mariner, son of Richard of 
the parish of Hundrich, Chesham, Eng., 
of fourth generation of Thomas, b. 
1618, settled at Hampton, N. H., 1640; 
removed to Newbury, Mass., 1646. 
Bartholomew was at Providence, R. I., 
1645. 

..Thomas, brother of Aquilla, settled at 
Hampton, N. H., about 1640. 

William came to Roxbury, Mass., 
1630; in 1645 removed to Scituate, 
Mass., thence to Yarmouth, Mass. 
CHATFIELD 

Francis one of the first settlers of 
Guilford, Conn., 1639. 

George, brother of the preceding, was 
at Guilford, Conn., 1640; removed to 
Killingworth, Conn., 1663. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, was a 
resident of Guilford, Conn.; removed 
to Easthampton,- L. I. No male issue. 
CHAUNCEY 

The family of Norman French origin. 
Chauncy de Chauncy came with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror to England. 

Rev. Charles, son of George of Yard- 
ley, Hertfordshire, Eng., bapt. 1592, 
came to Plymouth, Mass., 1637 5 in 1641 
removed to Scituate, Mass.; became 
first president of Harvard College, 
1654. 

CHECKLEY 

Anthony, merchant, son of William of 
parish Preston Capes, near Daventry, 
Northamptonshire, Eng., bapt. 1636. 
John was at Boston, Mass., 1645. 
John, cooper, came from St. Saviour, 
Southwark, Eng., 1670, to Boston, Mass. 
Samuel, brother of Anthony, was at 
Boston, Mass., 1670. 

CHEDSEY or CHIDSEY 

Place name from Chertsay, a town in 
Surrey, Eng., near the Thames. 

John was at New Haven, Conn., 1644. 
CHEEVER 

From French Chevir, signifying to mas¬ 
ter or overcome. 

Bartholomew, cordwainer, b. Canter¬ 
bury, Kent, Eng., 1608, freeman at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1637. 

Daniel, brother of preceding, was at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1646. 

Ezekiel, schoolmaster, b. London, Eng., 
1616, arrived at Boston, 1637; next 
year removed to New Haven, Conn.; 
came to Ipswich, Mass., 1650, and in 
1660 to Charlestown, Mass.; 1670 to 
Boston, Mass. 


Peter was at Salem, Mass., 1668. 
CHELSON 

Robert was at Ipswich, Mass., 1644. 
William, a resident of Scarborough, 
Maine, 1676. 

CHENEY 

From French Chene, an oak; Chenaie , 
a grove, a plantation of oaks. The 
name has appeared in English records 
since 1066. Sir Nicholas Chenney ac¬ 
quired the manor of Up Ottery, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., 1207. 

John, shoemaker, b. Eng., was at Rox¬ 
bury, Mass., 1635; resided at Newbury, 
Mass., 1636. 

John, early settler of Watertown, 
Mass., died 1675. 

Lambert, b. Eng., 1593, arrived at Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1630; was at Watertown, 
Mass., and in 1635 at Dedham, Mass. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1604, early resident of 
Roxbury, Mass., where he died 1667. 
William, brother of John, was at Rox- 
■ bury, Mass., as early as 1639. 

CHEREY 

David was at Wickford, R. I., 1674. 

CHESEBOROUGH or CHESSEBOROUGH 
Place name from Chessbro, the hill or 
town on the river Chess. 

William, b. 1594, came from near Bos¬ 
ton, Lincolnshire, Eng., in 1630, to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., removed to Braintree, Mass., 
in 1643 to Reho'both, Mass.; one of the 
founders of Stonington, Conn., 1650. 

CHESHOLME or CHISHOLM 

Thomas, freeman at Cambridge, Mass,* 
1636; no issue. 

CHESLEY 

Philip at Dover, N. H., 1642. 
CHESTER 

Place name from Chester, the capital 
of Cheshire, Eng. From the Latin Cas- 
trum; the Saxon ceaster, a fortified 
place, a castle or camp. 

Leonard, son of Balby, of Leicester, 
Eng., was at Watertown, Mass., 1635, 
removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 1636. 

Samuel, engineer and navigator, b. 
Eng., about 1625, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1663; removed in that year to 
New London, Conn. 

Samuel, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1676. 

CHICHESTER 

Place name from city of Chichester, 
Sussex, from Saxon ceaster or Chester, 
a city, from castrum, a Roman station. 
James was at Taunton, Mass., 1643, 
and Salem, Mass., 1650; removed to 
Huntington, L. I., 1664. 


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William, brother of preceding, at 
Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 

CHICK 

Richard, a resident of Roxbury, Mass., 
1678. 

Thomas at Dover, N. H., 1671. 

CHICKERING 

From Cornish British chi, a house and 
cairne, a rock or stones, i. e. stone 
house; a house on a rock; a fortress. 
Francis came from Suffolk, Eng., to 
N. E., 1637; freeman at Dedham, Mass., 
1640. 

Henry, physician, brother of preceding, 
son of Stephen, grandson of Thomas, 
of Wymondham, Eng., came from 
Ringsford, Eng., proprietor at Salem, 
Mass., 1630, removed to Dedham, Mass. 
CHILD or CHILDS 

A name given to youths from seven to 
fourteen years of age while receiving 
their education for knighthood. It is 
derived from Hildr, of the Norse myth¬ 
ology. The Domesday book mentions 
Edward Child as part proprietor of the 
Archbishop of York’s church at Wynn, 
Eng. 

Alwin, merchant at Boston, Mass., 
1673. 

Benjamin, son of Benjamin, was first 
at Roxbury, Mass., 1630, afterwards at 
Boston, Mass. 

Ephraim, freeman at' Watertown, 
Mass., 1631, came from Nayland, Suf¬ 
folk, Eng. 

Jeremiah, a resident of Swanzey, 
Mass., 1669. 

John, resident of Watertown, Mass., 
before 1664. 

Richard, brother of preceding, b. Eng., 
was at Watertown, Mass., afterwards 
settled at Barnstable, Mass., before 
1663. 

Richard married at Marshfield, Mass., 
1665. 

Robert, physician, came from North- 
fleet, Kent, Eng., was at Watertown, 
Mass., granted land at Lancaster, Mass. 
He was a bachelor. 

Samuel came to Plymouth, Mass.; kill¬ 
ed by Indians, 1675. 

William, brother of Ephraim, b. Eng. 
about 1600, freeman at Watertown, 
Mass., 1634. 

CHILLINGWORTH or CHILLINGS- 
WORTH 

Thomas was at Lynn, Mass.; removed 
to Sandwich, Mass., 1637, thence to 
Marshfield, Mass., before 1648. 
CHILSON 

John, married at Lynn, Mass., 1667. 


Walsingham came from Kent, Eng. 
to Marblehead, Mass., before 1647. 
CHILTON 

Place name from a town in Wiltshire, 
Eng., signifying the chalk-hills, from 
the Saxon cylt, clay or chalk. 

James, Mayflower passenger, was at 
Plymouth, Mass., 1620; no male issue. 
CHINN or CHINE 

George, an inhabitant of Salem, Mass., 
1638; removed to Marblehead, Mass., 
1648. 

CHIPMAN 

The same as Chapman (see). 

John, son of Thomas, of near Dorches¬ 
ter, Dorsetshire, was b. Eng., 1613, came 
to N. E., 1631. He was at Plymouth, 
Mass., before 1650 at Yarmouth, Mass. 

CHIPPERFIELD 

Edmund, brickmaker, b. Eng., 1615, 
came to N. E., 1635, was a resident of 
New Haven, Conn., 1639; died 1648. 
CHISHOLME 

Thomas came from Eng. to N. E., be¬ 
fore 1653. 

CHITTENDEN 

From Cornish British and Welsh, from 
Chy-tane-din, Chy a house; tone lower, 
and din, a hill, i. e. the lower house on 
the rising or fortified ground. 

John, son of Robert of Cranbrook, 
Kent, Eng., bapt. 1594. He was a major 
in the English army; arrived at New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, an d one of the first 
settlers of Guilford, Conn. 

Thomas, linen weaver, came from 
Kent county, b. Eng., 1585, came to 
Scituate, Mass., 1635. 

William, brother of John, settled in 
New Haven, Conn., 1639; afterwards a 
resident of Guilford, Conn. 

CHOATE - 

In the Netherlands the name bore the 
prefix Van. The first seat of the fam¬ 
ily was in Essex and Suffolk counties, 
Eng. 

John, b. Eng., 1624, came from Sud¬ 
bury, Suffolk, Eng. and is on record at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 

CHRISTOPHERS 

Christopher, mariner, came from Dev¬ 
onshire," Eng., to New London, Conn., 
1667. 

Jeffrey, brother of the preceding, was 
at New London, Conn., 1667. 

Richard was at Boston, Mass., before 
1685. 

CHUBB 

From Saxon cob, a great-headed, full¬ 
cheeked fellow. 


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Thomas, b. Crewkerne, Somerset, Eng., 
1609, came to Boston, Mass., before 
1630; removed to Dorchester, Mass., 
thence to Salem, Mass., 1636, later liv¬ 
ed at Beverly, Mass. 

CHUBBUCK 

Thomas wasi at Charlestown, Mass., 
1634, removed next year to Hingham, 
Mass. 

CHURCH 

A house of Christian worship, derived 
from old English chirch and Scottish 
Kirk, from Latin circus, the Gaelic 
cearcal, a temple, a round building. The 
root of church is from the Gaelic car, 
roundness, from which we have cirke 
or kirke. 

Cornelius, married at Groton, Mass., 
1670. 

Garrett or Jared, b. 1611, was at Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass., 1637. 

John, at Dover, N. H., 1662, at Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1666. 

Richard, carpenter, b. Eng., came to N. 
E., 1630, in Winthrop’s fleet; was at 
Weymouth, Mass.; removed to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1633; was at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1653; Hingham, Mass., 
1657; Sandwich, Mass., 1664. 

Richard, an original proprietor at 
Hartford, Conn., 1637; removed to 
Hadley, Mass., 1660. 

CHURCHILL 

This family is of ancient French lin¬ 
eage. In the nth century Wandril de 
Leon became Lord of Coureil (now 
Courcelles) in the province of Lor¬ 
raine, and adopted Cored as his fam¬ 
ily name. His sons accompanied Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror to England; were 
granted lands in Dorsetshire, Somerset¬ 
shire, Wiltshire and Shropshire. 
Jeremiah married at Wethersfield, 
Mass., 1638. 

John, b. Eng., about 1620, was resident 
of Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
CHURCHMAN 

Humphrey was at Kittery, Maine, 1677. 
Josiah married at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1667. 

CHUTE 

Lionel, schoolmaster, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1639. 

CLAFLIN 

Scotch ancestry, sometimes spelled 
Macklotham or Maclachen. 

Robert, freeman at Wenham, Mass., 
1661. 

H CLAP or CLAPP 

From Cornish British clap —prating, 
full of chat. The origin of the surname 
is from the personal name of Osgood 


Clapa, a Danish noble at the court of 
King Canute, 1017-36. The ancient seat 
of the family was Salcombe, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng. 

Ambrose came to Dorchester, Mass., 

1636. 

Edward came to N. E., 1633, made free¬ 
man, 1636. 

Increase married at Barnstable, Mass., 

1675- 

Nicholas, brother of Ambrose, son of 
Richard Clap, of Dorchester, Eng., b. 
1612, came to Dorchester, Mass., 1636. 
Robert came from Littenham, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 1660, 
was at Boston, Mass., 1687. 

-^Capt. Roger, son of William, brother of 
Edward, b. Salcombe Regis, 1609, came 
to Dorchester, Mass., 1630, removed to 
Boston, Mass., 1686. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1597, came to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1634, removed to Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1638, later to Scituate, 
Mass. 

CLAPHAM 

Arthur was in N. H. before 1676. 

Peter was at Fairfield, Conn., 1670; 
two years later at Norwalk, Conn. 

CLARK or CLARKE 

The name signifies a learned man, who 
could read and write ancient and medi¬ 
eval lore. 

Arthur settled at Hampton, N. H., be¬ 
fore 1640; made freeman in that year 
in Salem, Mass.; removed 1643 to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

NBenjamin, freeman at Medfield, Mass., 
1682. 

Carew, b. Bedfordshire, Eng., 1603, 
came to Newport, R. I., 1638; no issue. 
Christopher, mariner, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1646. 

Daniel on records of Ipswich, Mass., 
1634; was at Topsfield, Mass., 1:661. 
Daniel, son of Joseph, b. Eng., 1622, 
came- to N. E., 1639, with his uncle, Rev. 
Ephraim Hunt, settled at Windsor, 
Conn. 

Edmund was at Gloucester, Mass., 1650. 
Edward, carpenter, was at Haverhill, 
Mass., 1646; at Kennebunk, Maine, 
1652; later at Wells, Maine. 

AEphraim, freeman at Medfield, Mass., 

1673. 

George, carpenter and builder, came 
from Surrey or Kent, Eng., to N. E., 

1637, settled at Milford, Conn., 1639. 
George, husbandman, settled at Milford, 
Conn., 1639. 


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John, resident of Providence, R. I., 
1646. 

Stephen, inhabitant of Stamford, Conn., 
1670. 

CLAY 

Place name from town in France, also 
a lake on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. 
Clee in Welsh means hills, Cledh, cloid 
and cladd in Gaelic, Welsh, British, sig¬ 
nifies a ditch, a trench, a wall. 
Humphrey, innholder in New London, 
Conn., 1651. 

Joseph, married at Guilford, Conn., 1670. 
Thomas was inhabitant of Scituate, 
Mass., 1643. 

CLAYTON 

The clay-hill. 

Thomas, resident of Dover, N. H., 
1650; removed to R. I. No male issue. 
CLEAR 

George was at Newport, R. I., 1639. 
John, shoemaker, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1674. 

CLEAVELAND or CLEVELAND 

Place name from Cleveland, Yorkshire, 
Eng.; a corruption of Cliff-lane, so- 
called from it being steep and almost 
impassable with cliffs and rocks. 

The family is descended from Thorkill, 
a Saxon who, at the time of the Con¬ 
quest, assumed the name De Cliveland. 
from the ancient seat of the family in 
Yorkshire. 

Moses, b. Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng., 1624, 
came as youth to N. E. 1635; admitted 
freeman at Woburn, Mass., 1643. 
Samuel, brother of the preceding, was 
at Chelmsford, Mass., before 1681; re¬ 
moved to Canterbury, Conn., 1693. 

' CLEAVES or CLEVES 

Place name; parishes of this name are 
found in the counties of Gloucester, 
Somerset and Worcester. 

George, b. Eng., 1576, came from Ply¬ 
mouth, Devonshire, Eng., 1630, to Scar¬ 
borough, Maine; two years later re¬ 
moved to Falmouth, Maine. 

William married at Roxbury, Mass., 
1659 - 

William located at Beverly, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1676. 

CLEMENT, CLEMENS 

From Latin clemens, mild, meek, gentle. 
Abraham married at Newbury, Mass., 
1683. 

Austin or Augustine, painter, came 
from Southampton, Eng., to N. E. 1635; 
located at Dorchester, Mass. 

Godfrey, freeman at Watertown, Mass., 

1634. 


John, resident of Haverhill, Mass., 
1645. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng. about 1590; freeman at Haverhill, 
Mass., 1643. 

Salmon married at Boston, Mass., 1660. 
Thomas, a resident of Providence, R. I., 
1645. 

CLEVERTON 

Thomas, freeman at Newport, R. I., 
1655. 

CLIFFORD 

Place name, originally the name of a 
ford, later a town which grew up by the 
ford. 

George, b. parish of Arnold, Notting¬ 
hamshire, Eng., resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1644; removed to Hampton, N. H. 
John, brother of the preceding, was a 
resident of Hampton, N. H., 1658. 

CLIFT or CLIFF 

Place name, a small village in Eng.; the 
town of the .cliff. 

Thomas, Quaker, freeman of Mass., 
1641; an early settler of Rehoboth, 
Mass., 1643; later a resident of R. I. 

CLISBY or CLESBY 

Ezekiel, freeman at Boston, Mass., 1690. 
John, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
before 1669. 

CLOADE 

Andrew, wine-cooper, married at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1653. 
vtLOSE 

Thomas was at Greenwich, Conn., 1672. 

CLOUGH or CLUFF 

From Anglo-Saxon, a small valley be¬ 
tween hills, a breach; from the partici¬ 
ple cleofian , to cleave, divide. 

Ebenezer was at Boston, Mass., 1690. 
John, tailor, b. Eng. 1613, came to Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass., 1635! removed to Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1639. 

John, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
1652. 

John, freeman at Hartford, Conn., 1654. 
Richard was at Plymouth, Mass., 1634. 
William, resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., before 1659. 

CLOUTMAN or CLOUDMAN 

John came from Hingham, Aberdeen¬ 
shire, Scotland, to Plymouth, Mass., 
1690, removed to Marblehead, Mass. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, came at 
same time and located as above. 
CLOYES 

John married, resident of Watertown, 
Mass., 1637. 


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Henry was at Windsor, Conn., 1640; 
removed to Hadley, Mass. 

Hugh, b. Eng., 1613, came to Water- 
town, Mass., 1640; removed, 1657, to 
Roxbury, Mass. 

James, one of the first settlers at New 
Haven, Conn., 1637, removed before 
1669 to Stratford, Cdnn. 

James, a resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1646. 

Jeremiah, b. Eng., was at Portsmouth, 
R. I., 1640. 

John, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1632; removed, 1636, to Hartford, 
Conn.; later at Farmington, Conn, and 
in 1645 removed to Saybrook, Conn. 
John, b. Eng., 1612, came from Ips¬ 
wich, Suffolk, Eng., 1634, to N. E.; was 
at New Haven, Conn., 1639; was af¬ 
terwards in N. H. 

John, author and physician, son of 
Thomas of Bedfordshire, brother of 
Carew, came to Boston, Mass., 1637; 
removed following year to Newport, R. 
I.; no issue. 

John, physician, freeman at Newbury, 
Mass., 1639; removed to Boston, Mass., 
1649. 

John, married at Springfield, Mass., 
1647. 

John, a resident of Saybrook, Conn., 
1640; previous to this date was at 
Wethersfield, Conn., later at Milford, 
Conn. 

John, carpenter at New London, Conn., 
removed to Norwich, Conn., 1656. 
Jonas, shipmaster, b. Eng., 1619-20, was 
at Cambridge, Mass., 1642. 

Joseph was at Cambridge, Mass., where 
he was made freeman in 1635; later 
removed to Windsor, Conn. 

Joseph, b. Suffolk, Eng., settled at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., afterwards was at Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., where he was made free¬ 
man 1653. 

Joseph, youngest brother of Dr. John, 
came to N. E., 1637, located at Boston, 
Mass., 1638; removed to Newport, R. I. 
Malachi was at Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
Matthew, mariner, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1656, removed, 1661, to Marble¬ 
head, Mass. 

Nathaniel, b. Eng., 1638, freeman at 
Newbury, Mass., 1668. 

Nicholas arrived at Boston, Mass., 
1632, removed to Hartford, Conn., 1635. 
Percy or Percival freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1675. 

Richard, early settler at Rowley, 
Mass., 1642. 


Robert located at Lynn, Mass., about 
1636, removed to Sandwich, Mass. 
Robert, freeman at Stratford, Conn., 
1669. 

Samuel was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
removed to Stamford, Conn.; at Mil¬ 
ford, Conn., 1669, thence he removed to 
Hempstead, L. I. 

Thaddeus, married at Falmouth, Maine, 
1663. 

Thomas, carpenter, b. Eng., 1599, came 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1623; was at Har¬ 
wich, Mass., 1670. 

Thomas, elder brother of Dr. John, 
was at Newport, R. I., 1638. 

Thomas, merchant, was first at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1636, and in 1653 at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

Thomas, blacksmith, freeman at Bos¬ 
ton, 1641. 

Thomas, resident of Lynn, Mass., 1640, 
removed to Reading, Mass., where he 
died 1693. 

Thomas, merchant, resident of Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., before 1644. 

Tristram or Thurston, b. Eng. 1594, 
came from Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng., to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1634. 

William, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 

1630. 

William, freeman at Watertown, Mass., 

1631, removed to Woburn, Mass., before 
1646. 

Lieut. William, b. Plymouth, Dorset¬ 
shire, Eng., 1609, came to N. E. 1630, 
settled at Dorchester, Mass., before 
1635; removed to Northampton, Mass., 
1659 - 

William, admitted freeman at Salem, 
Mass., 1630; kept a hotel at that place 
1634 - 

William, a servant of John Crow; was 
at Hartford, Conn., 1639; one of the 
first settlers of Haddam, Conn., 1662. 
William died at Yarmouth, Mass., 1668. 
William was at Boston, Mass., 1659. 
William, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1661. 

William, married at Saybrook, 1678. 
CLARY 

John, b. Eng., settled at Watertown, 
Mass., where he was married, 1644. 

CLAWKIN 

Thomas, resident of Providence, R. I., 
1645. 

CLAUS or CLAWSON 

Place name from a town in Germany, 
near Posen, from Klause, a mountain 
defile. 


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COALBORNE 

Nathaniel, freeman at Dedham, Mass., 
1641. 

COATES 

The side, the shore, coast, border. 
Robert, b. Eng., 1627, was at Lynn, 
Mass., before 1663. 

Thomas, inhabitant of Lynn, Mass., 
1658. 

COBB 

A harbor; as the Cobb of Lyme-Regis, 
Dorsetshire, Eng. 

Austin or Augustine, inhabitant of 
Taunton, Mass., 1670. 

Edward, brother of preceding, took oath 
. of fidelity at Taunton, Mass., 1657. 

Henry, b. Kent, Eng., 1596, came to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1629; settled at Scitu- 
ate, Mass., 1633; removed to Barnstable, 
Mass., 1639. 

John, brother of preceding, was an in¬ 
habitant of Taunton, Mass., 1659. 
COBBETT 

Josiah, b. Eng., 1614, came to N. E., 
1635, settled at Cambridge, Mass., re¬ 
moved, 1637, to Hingham, Mass.; pro¬ 
prietor at Salisbury, Mass., 1640. 

Rev. Thomas, b. Newbury, Bucks, Eng., 
1608, came to N. E., 1637, located at 
Lynn, Mass.; in 1656, removed to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass. 

COBBLE 

Edward, a resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
before 1652. 

COBHAM 

Josiah was at Salisbury, Mass., 1640; 
removed to Boston, Mass., 1659. 
COBLEIGH 

The name of Saxon origin; the first syl¬ 
lable is derived from the word mean¬ 
ing head or chief of tribe. 

John, shoemaker, came to Swanzey, 
Mass., and was an early settler of N. H. 
COCHRAN 

From Gaelic cocrinn, a point or pro¬ 
montory in open sight; from Coc, mani¬ 
fest, plain, and rim, a cape or promon¬ 
tory. 

William was a resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1684. 

COCKERILL 

William was at Hingham, Mass., 1635, 
removed to Salem, Mass., where he died 
1661. 

COCKERUM 

William, mercer, b. Eng., 1609, came to 
Hingham, Mass., 1637. 

CODDINGTON 

John was at Boston, Mass., 1650. 


William from Boston, Lincolnshire, 
Eng., came in Winthrop’s fleet, 1630, to 
Boston, Mass.; returned to Eng. and in 
1633 again came to Boston; in 1636 re¬ 
moved to R. I., locating at Newport. 
CODMAN 

Robert, granted land at Salem, Mass., 

1637. 

William was at Portsmouth, N. H., be¬ 
fore 1661. 

CODNER 

Christopher was at Marblehead, Mass., 
before 1660. 

Edward, resident of New London, 
1651, removed to Saybrook, Conn., 1669. 
Peter, mariner, was at Boston, Mass., 
before 1674. 

Richard married at Swanzey, Mass., 
1671. 

COE 

The primitive word Co is an elevation, 
exalted; Koh in the Coptic is a rock; 
Coey, Gaelic, a hero. John Coe, the 
English ancestor, b. 1340. 

Matthew, fisherman, was at Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1645 > removed to Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., afterwards to Casco, 
Maine. 

Robert, son of Henry, VUIth genera¬ 
tion from John, mentioned above, b. 
Thorpe-Morieux, Suffolk, Eng., 1596; 
came to Watertown, Mass., 1634; the 
following year removed to Wethers¬ 
field, Conn.; one of the founders of 
Stamford, Conn., 1640; went to Hemp¬ 
stead, L. I., 1652; afterwards to New¬ 
town, L. I.; one of the founders of Ja¬ 
maica, L. I., 1658. 

COFFIN 

In Welsh, Cyffin, signifies a boundary, a 
limit, a hill; cefyn the ridge of a hill. 
The name has its origin from Co, high, 
exalted, and fin, a head, extremity, 
boundary. 

• Tristram, b. Buxton, Dorsetshire, Eng., 
came with his mother, Joanna, widow 
of Peter, in 1643, to Newbury, Mass.; 
afterwards resided at Salisbury, Mass., 
and in 1660 settled at Nantucket, Mass. 
COGGAN or COGAN 

Henry was at Barnstable, Mass., 1639. 
John, merchant, was at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1632; later removed to Boston, 
Mass. 

John, son of Humphrey, was admitted 
freeman at Boston, Mass., 1642. 

John married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1664. 

COGGESHALL 

An ancient English surname, derived 


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from town of Coggeshall, Essex, Eng. 
Cog, a small boat, and shoal, a place 
where the water is shallow. Thomas de 
Coggeshall was of Essex and Suffolk, 
Eng., 1135-54. 

John, mercer, b. Eng., 1581, came from 
Essex, Eng., in 1632, to Roxbury, Mass.; 
two years later he removed to Boston, 
Mass., and in 1637 settled at Providence, 
R. I.; became one of the founders of 
Newport, R. I. 

COGSWELL (see Coggeshall) 

John, son of Edward, grandson of Rob¬ 
ert, a manufacturer of woolen cloths at 
Westbury, Lehigh, Wiltshire, Eng., b. 
Westbury, 1592, came to N. E. 1635, 
freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 1636. 

John, b. Trowbridge, Eng.; was at Pas- 
coag, R. I., 1652. 

Robert was at New Haven, Conn., 1643, 
from where he removed soon after. 
Samuel married at Saybrook, Conn., 
1668. 

COIT or COYTE 

A local word meaning wood. 

John, shipwright, b. Glamorganshire, 
Wales; granted land at Salem, Mass., 
1638; removed to Gloucester, Mass., 
1644; to New London, Conn., in 1650. 
COKER 

Richard was a resident of Hartford, 
Conn., 1640. 

Robert came to Newbury, Mass., 1634. 
COLBRON, COLBURN, COULBORNE 

From Cornish-British, the dry well, or 
the well on the neck of the hill. 

Edward, b. Eng., 1618, arrived at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635; settled at Ipswich, 
Mass., became a pioneer settler at 
Chelmsford, Mass. 

John married at Dedham, Mass., 1672. 
Nathaniel, a proprietor at Dedham, 
Mass., 1637. 

Richard was at Dorchester, Mass., 1641. 
Robert, brother of Edward, b. Eng., 
1607, came to Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 
William came to Boston, Mass., in 
Winthrop’s fleet, and admitted free¬ 
man 1630. 

COLBY 

Place name from Kolbye, a town in Den¬ 
mark; Coe, with or near, the by —town. 
Anthony came with Winthrop from 
the eastern coast of Eng. to Boston, 
1630; removed to Cambridge, Mass., 
1632, and to Salisbury, Mass., 1634, fin¬ 
ally to Amesbury, Mass., 1647. 

Arthur, a brother of the preceding, was 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 


COLCORD 

Edward, planter, b. Eng. 1617, came to 
Mass., 1631; removed to Dover, N. H., 
1640, to Hampton, N. H., 1644, and to 
Saco, Maine, 1668, returning to Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1673. 

COLDAM or COLDHAM 

Clement, miller, was at Lynn, Mass., 
1630. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
resident of Lynn, Mass., 1630. 

COLE, COALE or COALES 

An abbreviation of Nicholas, common 
among the Dutch. Coal was an early 
king of Britain; gave his name to Col¬ 
chester. Justice Cole lived in the reign 
of King Alfred. 

Alexander, Scotchman, was a resident 
of Salem, Mass., 1685. 

Arthur died at Cambridge, Mass., 1676. 
Clement, b. Eng., 1615, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635, was 
granted lands at Braintree, Mass. 
Daniel, tailor, b. Eng., 1614, came to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1637, removed to 
Yarmouth, Mass., a resident of East- 
ham, Mass., 1643. 

Edward was at Penaquid, Maine, 1674. 
Francis was at Boston, Mass., 1689. 
George was at Lynn, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved to Sandwich, Mass. 

Gregory was at Portsmouth, R. I., 1655. 
Henry was at Sandwich, Mass., 1643, re¬ 
moved, 1646, to Middletown, Conn. 
Henry was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1687. 

Isaac came from Sandwich, Kent, Eng., 
1635, settled at Charlestown, Mass. 
Jacob was a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1669. 

James, tavern-keeper, b. Highgate, a 
suburb of London, Eng., 1600, came to 
Saco, Maine, 1632, following year lo¬ 
cated at Plymouth, Mass. 

James was at Hartford, Mass., as early 
as 1636. 

Job, brother of Daniel, located at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., afterwards was at Dux- 
bury, Mass., went to Yarmouth, Mass., 
finally joined his brother at Eastham, 
Mass. 

John, brother of preceding, came to 
Mass, with brothers, but died 1637. 

John was resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1642. 

John, carpenter, was at Hartford, Conn., 
as early as 1647. 

John married at Boston, Mass., 1659. 


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John, freeman at Hadley, Mass., 1666. 
John, a resident of Gloucester, Mass., 
1669. 

John, an inhabitant of Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

Nicholas was a resident of Wells, 
Maine, 1658. 

Rice or Rise, a member of the church 
at Boston, Mass., 1630. 

Robert made freeman at Roxbury, 
Mass., 1630, removed to Salem, Mass. 
Sampson married at Boston, Mass., 
1673. 

Samuel came in Winthrop’s fleet, 1630, 
to Boston, Mass.; opened the first hotel 
of entertainment at that place. 

Thomas settled at Salem, Mass., 1634; 
an original proprietor of Hampton, 
N. H., 1638. 

William, b. Eng., 1580, was at Exeter, 
N. H., 1639; removed following year to 
Wells, Maine. 

William, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1687. 

COLEMAN 

A dealer or workman in coals. Gaelic 
colman —a dove. 

Thomas came from Marlborough, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., in 1635; made a freeman at 
Newbury, Mass., 1637; removed to Nan¬ 
tucket, Mass., 1663. 

Thomas, a resident of Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1639; removed, 1656, to Hadley, 
Mass. 

COLEY or COLLEY 

From Welsh Coll-lle, signifying the 
place of hazel. The Gaelic Coille means 
a wood. 

Samuel, one of the original settlers at 
Milford, Conn., 1639. 

COLFAX 

William, a resident of Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1645. 

COLLAMORE or COLLEMORE 

Place name from Coulommier, a town 
in France. The family came to England 
with William the Conqueror. Colmar 
in Gaelic—a brave man; Collmor, the 
great wood. 

Anthony, shipmaster, b. Eng., married 
at Scituate, Mass., 1666; wrecked at sea 
1693. 

Isaac, shipwright, granted lands at 
Braintree, Mass., 1638; was at Boston, 
Mass., two years earlier. 

James, resident of Salem, Mass., 1668. 
Peter, uncle of Anthony, was at Scitu¬ 
ate, Mass., 1643; no issue. 


COLLAR or COLLER 

John, b. Eng., 1633, a resident of Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., before 1661. 
COLLICOTT or COLLACOT 

Edward was at Hampton, N. H., 1642. 
Richard, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1633, removed to Boston, Mass., 1656, 
and to Falmouth, Maine, 1669, finally to 
Saco, Maine. 

COLLIER or COLLYER 

Occupation name, a dealer or workman 
in coals. 

Joseph was at Salisbury, Mass., before 
1662. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1575-76, settled at 
Hingham, Mass., 1635. 

COLLINS 

From Gaelic Cuilein —darling, a term of 
endearment applied to young animals. 
The Welsh word, Collen, signifies hazel 
—a hazel grove. 

Abraham was at Dover, N. H., 1666. 
Benjamin was householder at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1668. 

Benjamin, freeman at Lynn, Mass., 
1691. 

Christopher, b. Eng., 1606, was at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., granted lands at Braintree, 
Mass., 1640, was at Saco, Maine, 1660, 
at Scarborough, Maine, 1664. 

Daniel, b. Eng., 1648, settled at Enfield, 
Conn., about 1680. 

Ebenezer married at New Haven, Conn., 
1683. 

Edward, b. Eng., 1603, located at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1638; afterwards removed 
to Medford, Mass. 

Francis was at Salem, Mass., 1637. 
HEisrRY, b. Eng., 1606, came to Lynn, 
Mass., 1635. 

John, shoemaker and tanner, brother of 
Edward, son of John of Suffolk, Eng., 
b. 1616, came to N. E. before 1638; was 
at Boston, Mass.; member of church at 
Braintree, Mass., 1646. 

John settled first at Cambridge and 
Watertown, Mass., afterwards at Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., and was at Farmington, 
Mass., 1687. 

Samuel was at New London, Conn., 
1680-83; removed to Lyme, Conn. 
Thomas, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 

1677. 

COLMAN 

Edward married at Boston, Mass., 1648. 
John, a resident of Dover, N. H., 1661. 
Joseph, shoemaker, came from Sand¬ 
wich, Kent, Eng., in 1635, to Charles- 


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town, Mass., in 1638 was at Scituate, 
Mass. 

William came from Satterly, Norfolk, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1671. 

COLSON 

The son of Cole (see). 

Adam, an early settler of Reading, 
Mass., before 1668. 

Nathaniel, resident of Newport, R. I., 
before 1678. 

COLT or COULT 

A name given to one of a sportive dis¬ 
position. Sir Peter Colt, the English 
ancestor. 

John of the 5th generation from Sir 
Peter, b. Colchester, Essex, Eng., came 
to Dorchester, Mass., at the age of elev¬ 
en years in 1625; removed to Hartford, 
Conn., 1638; afterwards resided in 
Windsor, Conn. 

COLTMAN or COULTMAN 

John, schoolmaster, was a resident of 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1645. 

COLTON 

George came from Sutton, Coldfield, 
Warwickshire, Eng., in 1644 to Spring- 
field, Mass., later was at Long Meadow, 
Mass. 

COLWELL 

The village on the neck of a hill, or 
near the hazel-wood. Coe Gaelic, hazel, 
and ville, a village, changed into well. 
Coldwell denotes the quality of the 
water. Colwold, the hazel-wild, or 
bushy place of hazels. 

Robert, first on record at Providence, 
R. I., 1654, removed to L. I., 1667. 
COBY, COLIE, COLEY 

A little river in Devonshire, Eng. 

Peter, a resident of Fairfield, Conn., 
1668. 

Samuel at Milford, Conn., 1639. 
COMBS or COOMBS 

The “Norman People” mentions Theo¬ 
bald Combs 1180-95. The name is from 
the Welsh cromb, a narrow valley. 
Allister was in Maine, 1665. 

Anthony, seafaring man, French 
Huguenot, b. France about 1656, came 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1674, removed to 
Berwick, Maine. 

Henry was at Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 
John, freeman at Plymouth, Mass., 
1630. 

John, cooper, married at Boston, Mass., 
1662. 

John was at Northampton, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1690, removed to Springfield, Mass., 
before 1714. 


John was resident of Sherborn, Mass., 
1676. 

Thomas, inhabitant of Maine, 1665. 
COMBY or COMBEE 

Robert, resident of Boston, 1681. 
COMEE, COMEY or COMEYN 

The name was anciently written De 
Cominges; it is from Cominges, a town 
in France, situated on the hills near the 
banks of the river Garonne. De Com¬ 
inges came to England with William the 
Conqueror. 

David, b. in Scotland, was at Woburn, 
Mass., 1663; the following year removed 
to Concord, Mass. 

COMER 

Isaac or John, resident of Weymouth, 
Mass., 1662. 

John, Baptist preacher, inhabitant of 
Newport, R. I., 1656. 

John, a resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1674. 

Richard was at Ipswich, Mass., 1651. 
COMPTON 

John, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 1634. 
William, bought land in Ipswich, Mass., 
1662. 

COMSTOCK 

From Danish kom —a dock or harbor, 
and stock, a stick of timber. Maybe 
place name from Colstock or Colm- 
stock, an ancient town, of Eng., men¬ 
tioned in the Domesday Book. 
Christopher was at Fairfield, Conn., 
1661. 

John was at Weymouth, Mass., after¬ 
wards at Saybrook, Conn. 

Samuel, a resident of Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1648. 

William came from Eng. to Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1637; later was at New 
London, Conn. 

CONANT 

Etymological research indicates the 
name is of Celtic origin, and is equiva¬ 
lent of the Welsh Cun, the Irish Cean, 
the Saxon Cying, the German konig, the 
Swedish Konang, the Oriental Kahn, all 
signifying head, chief, leader, or king. 
The family was seated at Devonshire, 
Eng., as early as the 14th century. The 
English family is traced to John Con- 
ant, who resided, in 1520, in the parish 
of East Budleigh, Devonshire, Eng. 
Christopher came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1623, removed to Cape Ann, Mass., 1627. 
Roger, brother of Christopher, son of 
Richard, grandson of John, bapt. 1592, 
came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623; soon 


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after removed to Nantasket (Hull), af¬ 
terwards to Gloucester and Salem, Mass. 
CONCKLIN or CONKLIN 

From Dutch Con, bold, wise, knowing, 
and klein, little or son. Konkelen, in 
Dutch, signifies to plot, intrigue, con¬ 
spire. Ceangleann, Gaelic, the head of 
the valley. 

John granted land at Salem, Mass., 
1640. 

CONDY or CANDY 

Samuel was at Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
William, shipmaster, granted land at 
New London, Conn., 1664, removed to 
Boston; captured by the Algerines, 1679. 
CONE 

In the Hebrew a bishop or priest; Koen, 
in Dutch, signifies bold, daring, intre¬ 
pid. 

Daniel resident of Haddam, Conn., 
1662. 

CONEY 

James, inhabitant of Braintree, Mass., 
before 1640. 

Jeremy took oath of allegiance at Exe¬ 
ter, N. H., 1677. 

John, cooper, b. Eng., was at Boston, 
Mass., 1633. 

CONGDON 

Benjamin came from Pembrokeshire, 
Wales, and is recorded at Portsmouth, 
R. I., 1671. 

John accompanied his brother, Benja¬ 
min, to N. E. 

CONIGRAVE 

Walter, freeman at Warwick, R. I., 
1655; afterwards a resident of New¬ 
port, R. I. 

CONNER or CONNOR 

The Celtic and Gaelic word conal signi¬ 
fies love, friendship. 

Cornelius settled at Salisbury, Mass., 
in 1637; removed to Exeter, N. H., re¬ 
turned to Salisbury, 1659. 

William came to Plymouth, Mass., 1621; 
' died before 1627. 

CONNOWAY 

Jeremiah, b. 1634, was at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1678. 

CONSTABLE 

A name of office. Roger de Lacey first 
assumed this surname from being con¬ 
stable of Chester, Eng.; a commander 
of cavalry. 

Thomas came from Ipswich, Mass., to 
Boston, Mass., where he died 1650. 
CONVERSE 

The original seat of the family was in 
Navarre, France. Roger de Corgniers 


removed to Eng. at the close of the 
reign of William the Conqueror. Con¬ 
yers of Horden, Durham, was knighted 
in 1548. 

Allen, granted land in Salem, Mass., 
1639 - 

Deacon Edward, b. Wakeley, Northamp¬ 
tonshire, Eng., 1590, came with Win- 
throp in 1630 to N. E., settled at Salem, 
Mass., granted land in Charlestown, 
Mass., 1631; one of the founders of 
Woburn, Mass., before 1667. 

COOK or COOKE 

Occupation surname. 

Aaron, b. Eng., 1610, settled at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1634; removed to Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., 1636, and to Northampton, 
Mass., 1661; was proprietor at West- 
field, Mass., 1667. 

Caleb married at Watertown, Mass., 
1685. 

Elkanah, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1658. 

Francis, “Mayflower” passenger, one of 
the first purchasers at Dartmouth, Mass., 
1652, and of Middleboro, Mass., 1662. 
George, b. Eng., 1610, came to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1635; returned to Eng., 
1645. 

Gregory, shoemaker, came from Stanna- 
way, Essex, Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 
1640, also resided at Watertown and 
Mendon, Mass. 

Henry, b. Eng., 1615, settled at Salem, 
Mass., 1638. 

Isaac married at Salem, Mass., 1664. 
John was at Plymouth, Mass., 1633, re¬ 
moved 1643 to Rehoboth, Mass., later to 
Warwick, R. I. 

John came to Salem, Mass., 1637. 

John, a resident of Ipswich, Mass., 
1664. 

John, a resident of Portsmouth, R. I., 

1655. 

John, inhabitant of Middletown, Conn. 
John, resident of Hampton, N. H., 1686. 

Joseph, brother of George, b. 1608, came 
from Earl’s Colne, Essex, to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635; returned to Eng., 1658, con¬ 
veying his real estate to his son, John. 
Joseph swore allegiance at Wells, Maine, 
1680. 

Nathaniel married at Windsor, Conn., 
1649. 

Philip, a freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1647. 

Ralph, a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1640. 


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Richard, b. Eng., 1608, came to Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1639. 

Richard, tailor, came from Gloucester¬ 
shire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635. 
Richard granted land at Norwich, 
Conn., 1680. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1610, freeman at Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., 1635 J removed to Maine, 
afterwards to Dover, N. H. 

Robert married at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1678. 

Roger was at Marshfield, Mass., 1643. 
Samson died at Gloucester, Mass., 1674. 
Samuel, of English descent, came from 
Dublin, Ireland, to Cambridge, Mass., 
1640. 

Samuel, b. Yorkshire, Eng., emigrated 
to N. E. before reaching manhood, and 
was at New Haven, Conn., 1661. 
Stephen, brother of Gregory, freeman 
at Mendon, Mass., 1673, removed to 
Watertown, Mass. 

Capt. Thomas came from Essex, Eng., 
to N. E. 1635-36, locating at Boston, 
Mass. Original proprietor at Taunton, 
Mass., 1639; removed to Providence, 
R. I. 

Thomas, b. Eng., settled at Guilford, 
Conn., 1639; removed later to Hartford, 
Conn. 

Thomas, inhabitant of Portsmouth, 
R. I., 1643. 

Thomas, resident of Windsor, Conn., 
where he died 1697; no male issue. 
Walter settled at Weymouth, Mass., 
1643, removed to Mendon, Mass., 1664. 
William, resident of Maine, 1665. 
COOLEDGE or COOLIDGE 

The English ancestor, Thomas Coulynge, 
1495 - 

John, son of William, of Cottenham, 
Cambridge, bapt. 1604, settled at Water- 
town, Mass., where he became freeman, 
1636. 

COOLEY 

Benjamin, resident of Springfield, 
Mass., 1646. 

Henry, cooper, was at Boston, Mass., 
1670. 

John settled at Ipswich, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved to Salem, Mass., where he died 

1654- 

Peter, freeman at Fairfield, Conn., 1664. 
William, mariner, b. 1604, came to 
Mass. 1634, was at New London, Conn., 
1652. 

COOPER 

Occupation surname. The name is also 


local, from Cupar, a town in Fifeshire, 
Scotland, which is derived from Cu- 
pyre, the inclosed fire, or Co, high, a 
beacon fire; Pyre, a beacon fire on high, 
which is the origin of the word pier. 
Anthony was at Hingham, Mass., 1635. 
Benjamin, b. 1587, came from Bramp¬ 
ton, Suffolk, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1637 
John, b. Eng., 1594, came from Olney, 
Bucks, Eng., 1637, to Lynn, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Southampton, L. I., 1664. 
John, b. Eng., 1618, came with his step¬ 
father, Gregory Stone, to Cambridge, 
Mass., about 1636. 

John married at Scituate, Mass., 1634. 
John, agent for iron works, came to 
New Haven, Conn., 1639. 

John, resident of Duxbury, Mass., 1666. 
Nathaniel, a resident of Rehoboth, 
Mass., 1676. 

Peter, b. Eng., 1617, came to N. E. 1635, 
was at Rowley, Mass., 1643, afterwards 
at Rehoboth, Mass. 

Simon, physician, at Newport, R. I., 
1663. 

Thomas came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638; removed to 
Rehoboth, Mass., 1643. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1617, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635; removed to Windsor, 
Conn., in 1641; was at Springfield, Mass. 
Timothy, an inhabitant of Lynn, Mass., 
1637 - 

Timothy married at Groton, Mass., 
1669. 

William sent by Mason to N. H., 1631. 
COPELAND 

This Scotch family has been seated at 
Dumfrieshire, Scotland, since the 14th 
century. 

Lawrence, b. Scotland, 1599, settled at 
Braintree, Mass., where he was on rec¬ 
ord 1651. 

COPP 

From the Saxon, a hill. 

William, shoemaker, b. Eng., 1609, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1635, accompanied by 
his brother Richard. 

CORBEE or CORBY 

William, early settler of Haddam, 
Conn,, in 1640. 

CORBIN or CORBYN 

Name derived from the Latin corvus, 
meaning raven or crow; it also is the 
name of a place in Glenceran, Scotland, 
signifying a steep hill; from the Gaelic 
Cor-bcann or Cor-beinn. The family is 
of French-Norman descent, and the 


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name appears in the Battle Abbey Roll 
at the time of the Norman Conquest. 
Clement, b. Eng., 1626, came to N. E. 
and settled at Roxbury, Mass. He was 
at Woodstock, Conn., 1687. 

Robert was at Casco, Maine, 1663. 
COREY or CORY 

From Correy, a town in Scotland. The 
word conveys the idea of roundness, 
bending, turning, the winding of a 
stream. From Gaelic car, Welsh cor, 
a circle, a dell, a glen; caire, a circular 
hollow, surmounted by hills. 

Giles, resident of Salem, Mass., 1649. 
John, resident of Chelmsford, Mass., 
1691. 

Thomas was at Chelmsford, Mass., 1691. 
William, freeman at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1658. 

CORLESS or CORLISS 

George, son of Thomas, b. Devonshire, 
Eng., about 1617, came to N. E. 1639; 
settled at Newbury, Mass., 1645; re¬ 
moved to Haverhill, Mass. 

CORLET 

Elijah, schoolmaster, son of Henry of 
London, Eng., freeman at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1645. 

CORNELL 

In the British it signifies a corner, a 
place shaped like a horn; from the Lat¬ 
in Cornu; Corneille, in the French, sig- 
fies a crow. 

Samuel took oath of fidelity at Dart¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1684. 

Thomas, b. Essex, Eng., about 1595, lo¬ 
cated at Boston, Mass:, 1638; later re¬ 
moved to Portsmouth, R. I. 
CORNELLY 

William was at Duxbury, Mass., 1637. 

CORNEY or CURNEY 

John at Falmouth, Maine, before 1668, 
afterwards removed to Salem, or Glou¬ 
cester, Mass. 

CORNING or CORNHILL 

From Welsh Cornyn, a small horn, or 
the place of winding or turning. 

Samuel was at Salem, Mass., 1638, af¬ 
terwards at Beverly. 

Thomas, innholder at Boston, Mass., 
1638; removed to R. I. thence to L. I. 

CORNISH 

A local name, belonging to Cornwell, 
Eng. 

James, schoolmaster, was at Saybrook, 
Conn., 1659; two years later at Windsor, 
Conn.; in 1664 at Northampton, Mass.; 
removed to Westfield, Mass., and in 1678 


was at Norwalk, Conn.; in 1695 finally 
settled at Simsbury, Conn. 

Richard was in Mass., 1634, removed 
from Weymouth, Mass., to York, Maine, 

1644. 

Samuel was at Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas, inhabitant of Gloucester, 
Mass., 1641. 

CORNWELL 

William was at Roxbury, Mass., 1634; 
removed to Hartford, Conn., 1639, 
thence to Middletown, Conn. 
CORRINGTON 

John came to Mass., 1635, aged 33 years. 
CORSE 

From Welsh, a fen, a wet meadow; 
Carse, Armoric and Gaelic, a level tract 
of land. 

James was at Deerfield, Mass., before 
1690. 

CORT 

John, ship carpenter of Glamorganshire, 
Wales, came to N. E., 1630-38, resided 
at Salem, Mass., 1644; removed to Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., later to New London, 
Conn. 

CORWIN or CURWIN 

George came to Salem, Mass., 1638. 
Matthias, b. Eng., was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634; removed to Southold, L. I. 
COSIN, COZENS or COUSINS 

Abraham married at Woburn, Mass., 
1684. 

Edmund, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1656. 

Francis was at Boston, Mass., 1640. 
George came from Southampton, Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Isaac from Marlborough, Wiltshire, 
Eng., arrived at Rowley, Mass., 1650. 
John, b. Eng., 1596, was at what is now 
North Yarmouth, Maine, 1645; removed 
to York, Maine, 1675. 

Richard married at Saybrook, Conn., 
1678. 

COSTIN or COSTING 

William was at Concord, Mass., 1642; 
at Boston, Mass., 1654. 

COTTA, COTTY or COTTEY 

John, freeman at Boston, Mass., 1671. 
Robert, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1635. 
COTTER 

William, inhabitant of New London, 
Conn., 1660-68. 

COTTERILL or COTTRELL 
A cottage or cottager. 

Francis was at Wells, Maine, 1668. 
Nicholas, a resident of Newport, R. I., 


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1639; removed to Westerly, R. I., 1669. 
Robert, an inhabitant of Providence, 
R. I., 1645. 

COTTLE 

Edward was at Nantucket, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1670; previous to this he had lived 
at Salisbury, Mass. 

William, son of Edward of Salisbury, 
Wiltshire, Eng., b. Eng., 1626, came at 
age of 12 years, in 1638, to Newbury, 
Mass., as servant of John Saunders. 

COTTON 

This name affords several derivations. 
Welsh Coedton, the woody hill; Coiton, 
Cuiton, Cornish British; Cwthen, Welsh, 
the cottage hill; Cotden, Saxon, the cot 
in the valley; Cwthen, Welsh, the an¬ 
cient cottage or dwelling. 

Rev. John, son of Rowland, b. 1588, 
came to Boston, Mass., 1633. 

Thomas was at Roxbury, Mass., 1664. 
William, butcher, joined church at 
Gloucester, Mass., 1647; and owned 
lands as early as 1641. 

William was at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1640. 

COUCH 

John, freeman at York, Maine, 1652. 
Joseph, son of William of Cornwall, 
Eng., came to Kittery, Maine, 1662. 
Robert was in N. H., 1656-69. 

Simon, freeman of Fairfield, Conn., 
1664. 

Thomas, resident of Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1666. 

COUNTER 

Edward, a resident of Salem, Mass, 1668. 
COUNTS 

Edward married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1663; afterwards became a resident of 
Malden, Mass. 

COURSER 

The name is derived from the Latin 
Currsr, to run, hence runner. In mid¬ 
dle English the word means warhorse 
or horse dealer. The family is of Nor¬ 
man origin. 

Archelaus was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1658; afterwards at Lancaster, Mass. 
William, b. 1609, shoemaker, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1635. 

COURTEOUS 

Thomas, freeman at York, Maine, 1652. 
William died at Newbury, Mass., 1654. 
COVE 

Francis, a resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
1650. 


COVEL or COVELL 

John, resident of Marblehead, Mass, 
1668. 

Philip married at Malden, Mass., 1688. 
COVENTRY 

Place name, from city in Warwickshire, 
Eng.; from Coven, a convent, and tre, 
British, a town, the town of the con¬ 
vent; Welsh Cyfaint-tre. 

Jonathan, a resident of Marshfield, 
Mass., 1651. 

COVEY 

James, granted land at Braintree, Mass., 
1640. 

COVINGTON 

John, resident of Ipswich, Mass., 1644, 
COWDALL 

John was at Boston, Mass., 1644; free¬ 
man at Newport, R. I., 1655, and was at 
New London, Conn., 1659. 

COWDRY 

William, b. Eng., 1602, came to Lynn, 
Mass., 1630; was at Weymouth, Mass., 
1640; removed to Reading, Mass., 1642. 
COWELL 

Edward, cordwainer, b. Eng., 1620, resi¬ 
dent of Boston, Mass., 1645. 

Ezra, able to bear arms at Plymouth, 
Mass., 1643. 

COWEN or COWAN 

From Gaelic Gobhainn, a smith; Gowan, 
a Scottish word for wild flower. 

John, Scotchman, purchased land at 
Scituate, Mass., 1656. 

COWLAND 

Ralph, freeman at Portsmouth, R. I., 

1655- 

COWLES 

A monk’s hood or habit. 

John, b. Eng., 1598, settled at Hartford, 
Conn., 1635; removed to Farmington, 
Conn., 1640, and 1664 to Hadley, Mass. 
Robert, a resident of Plymouth, Mass., 

1633- 

COWLEY 

Abraham was resident of Maine, 1656. 
Ambrose was at Boston, Mass., 1660. 
Henry, brother of preceding, inhabitant 
of Marblehead, Mass., 1660. 

John was at Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 
William, a resident of Newport, R. I., 
1639 - 

COX or COXE 

Cock, little, a term of endearment, a di¬ 
minutive ; the same as at or kin, used as 
a termination, as IVillcox, little Will. 
The word is often used to denote a lead¬ 
er or chief man. 


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Edward, mariner, was at Boston, Mass., 
1672. 

George married at Salem, Mass., 1671. 
John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1674. 
John took oath of fidelity at Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

Joseph, freeman at Boston, Mass., 1673. 
Moses was at Hampton, N. H., 1639. 
Richard, resident of Salem, Mass., 1645. 
Robert, mariner, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1666. 

COY 

James was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1696. 

Matthew came to Boston, Mass., 1638, 
aged 15 years. 

Richard, brother of preceding, aged 13 
years, arrived at Boston, Mass., 1638, 
and 1650 was a resident of Salisbury, 
Mass. 

William, one of the first settlers at 
Taunton, Mass., 1637. 

COYTEMORE 

Thomas, merchant, was at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1636; freeman 1640, and was lost 
at sea 1645, on the coast of Spain. 
CRABB 

Henry married at Boston, Mass., 1658. 
Richard was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1639, removed to Stamford, Conn., 1643, 
and 1655 to Greenwich, Conn. 
CRACKBONE 

Gilbert, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 
1636, removed to Cambridge, Mass., soon 
after. 

CRADDING 

William was at Taunton, Mass., 1638. 
CRAFORD or CRAFFORD 

John was at Dover, N. H., 1671. 
Mordecai, resident of Salem, Mass., 
1663. 

Mungo, Scotchman, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1686. 

Stephen, an inhabitant of Kittery, 
Maine, 1640. 

CRAFTS 

Griffin came to Roxbury, Mass., 1630. 
Thomas, resident of Hadley, Mass., 
1678. 

CRAGGAN 

John married at Woburn, Mass., 1661. 
CRAM 

From German kram, a retail dealer. 
John, son of Burkhart, of New Castle- 
on-Tyne, Eng., b. 1607; was a proprietor 
at Boston, Mass., 1635; early proprietor 
of Exeter, N. H., 1639; removed to 
Hampton, N. H., 1650. 


CRAMPTON or CRAMTON 

Dennis married at Guilford, Conn., 1656. 
John came to Norwalk, Conn., 1672; 
had lived at Fairfield, Conn., 1661. 

CRANDALL 

From Welsh kren, round, or cran, wood} 
and dal or dol, a vale—the round or 
woody vale. Crandal, in Irish, signifies 
the woody vale. 

Rev. John, b. Eng., came to Boston, 
Mass., 1634-35, settled at Providence, 

K. I., 1637, was at Newport, R. I., 1655; 
removed to Westerly, R. I., 1667. 

CRANE 

The name dates back to the Hundred 
Rolls in the 13th century, when on the 
records William de Crane’s name ap¬ 
pears in 1272. The name is derived 
from town of Crannes, in Maine, a 
province in northern France; its root is 
from the Gaelic Cran, meaning water. 
Benjamin, b. Eng., 1630, was at Med- 
field, Mass., 1649; removed to Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1655; may have lived later 
in life at Taunton, Mass. 

Henry, tanner and currier, b. Eng., 1635, 
settled at Dorchester, Mass., 1658, and 
in Milton, Mass., 1667. 

Henry, ironmaker, brother of Benjamin, 
b. Eng. 1621; settled at Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1655; was at Guilford, Conn., 
1664, one of the first planters of what 
is now Clinton, Conn. 

Jasper came to New Haven, Conn., 
1639; removed to Branford, Conn., 
1668. 

Jonathan married at Norwich, Conn., 

1680. 

CRANIVER 

Place name from the town of Crans; 
name of Danish leader who invaded 
Eng. The English ancestor Lord Wil¬ 
liam Cranston. A parish in Edinburg- 
shire, Scotland. 

Gov. John, physician, first on the rec¬ 
ords of Portsmouth, R. I., 1644; re- 
moved to Newport, R. I., 1655. 

Walter married at Woburn, Mass, 

1683. 

CRANWELL 

John, freeman at Boston, Mass., 1630. 
CRAPO 

From French crap and, a toad, an ugly 
man. 

Peter, French descent, came to N. E. 

1680; first record at Rehoboth, Mass. 
CRARY 

Peter settled in New London, Conn __ t 
1663. 


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CRAW 

Robert, resident of Newport, R. I., 1651. 
CRAWLEY 

Thomas was at Exeter, N. H., 1651. 
CREHORE 

Teague, of Irish origin, was at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., as early as 1650. 

CRESSY or CRISSEY 

From a town in France by that name. 
MIGHILL, known as Michael, was at 
Salem, Mass., 1649; removed to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1660. 

William, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1630; settled at Stamford, Conn., 
1649. 

CRICK or CREEK 

Andrew died at Topsfield, Mass., 1658. 
Edward was at Boston, Mass., 1674. 
CRISP 

Benjamin, freeman at Watertown, 
V Mass., 1630; late in life removed to Gro¬ 
ton, Mass. 

Richard, merchant, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1666. 

CRITCHLEY or CRUTCHLEY 

Richard, blacksmith, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1642; afterwards lived at Chel¬ 
sea, Mass. 

CRITTENDEN 

Abraham came from Eng. and was one 
of the first settlers of Guilford, Conn. 
CROADE 

John married at Salem, Mass., 1659. 
Richard, merchant, son of Richard of 
Frampton, Dorsetshire, Eng., came to 
Hingham, Mass., and was at Boston, 
Mass., 1664. 

CROCKER 

A maker of coarse pottery; Crock sig¬ 
nifies a large barrel shaped jar. 

Daniel married at Boston, Mass., 1660. 
Francis was, in 1643, at Barnstable, 
Mass.; of age to bear arms. 

John, brother of the preceding, was at 
Scituate, Mass., 1636, and at Braintree, 
Mass., 1638; removed to Barnstable, 
Mass. 

Thomas was at New London, Conn., 
1660. 

William, brother of Francis and John, 
was at Scituate, Mass.; removed to 
Barnstable, Mass. 

CROCKETT 

From Danish Kroget —crooked, bowed, 
bent. 

Thomas, b. 1611, was at Little Harbor 
(Piscataqua), N. H., 1633-34; in 1648 
was at Kittery, Maine; 1652 at York, 
Maine. 


CROFT 

Place name from a town in Eng.; ft 
small field near a dwelling, 

George was at Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
Thomas married at Hadley, Mass., 1683, 
William, a resident of Lynn, Mass., 
1650. 

CROMWELL 

From British crom, crooked, and hal or 
hayle, low, level land bordering on the 
river or sea; lowlands on the bend of a 
river. 

Giles an early settler of Newbury, 
Mass., before 1648. 

John, a resident of Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Philip was at Dover, N. H., 1657. 
Samuel, a freeman in Mass., 1634. 
Thomas, mariner, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1646. 

CROOKER 

Francis married at Scituate, Mass, 

1647. 

CROSBY 

Name signifies cross-town, or town built 
by the cross. Ode de Crosseby was con¬ 
stable at Tikehall, Yorkshire, 1204. John 
Crosby, the English ancestor. 

Anthony, surgeon, was at Rowley, 
Mass, 1643. 

Simon, b. Eng, 1608-09, came to N. E, 
1634; settled at Cambridge, Mass. 
Thomas, the 5th generation from John, 
mentioned above, came to Cambridge, 
Mass, 1640; removed the next year to 
Rowley, Mass. 

CROSCUM 

George, fisherman, at Marblehead, Mass, 
1653 - 
CROSS 

A place where a cross was erected, or 
where two ways, roads, or streets inter¬ 
sected each other. 

Henry, carpenter, b. Eng, 1615, came ta 
Mass, 1635. 

John, b. Eng, 1584, came to Watertown, 
Mass, 1634; he died 1640; left no malt 
issue. 

John came to Ipswich, Mass, 1635; re¬ 
moved to Hampton, N. H, 1639; was at 
Dover, N. H, 1642; returned to Ipswich; 
Mass, 1652. 

John was at Windsor, Conn, 1645; re« 
moved to Stamford, Conn. 

John was resident of Wells, Maine^ 

1647. 

John, brewer, resident of Boston, Mass. 
1663. 


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Joseph was at Plymouth, Mass., 1638; 
removed to Maine; was at Wells 1670. 
Robert, brother of John of Ipswich, was 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 

Samuel was at Windsor, Conn., 1677, 
previously at Stamford, Conn. 

William, seafaring man, was at Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., before 1637; removed to 
Windsor and Fairfield, Conn., in 1649. 

CROSSMAN 

John, b. Somersetshire, Eng., one of the 
early purchasers of Taunton, Mass., 

1639- 

CROSSTHWAYTE or CROSWAIT 

Charles was resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1671. 

CRO SWELL 

Thomas, a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., before 1680. 

CROUTCH or CROUCH 

A cross from the Latin crux. 

William was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1654 - 
CROW 

Christopher, freeman at Windsor, 
Conn., 1658. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., 1635; 
removed, 1638, to Yarmouth, Mass. 
John, an original proprietor at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., in 1637. 

William, came from Coventry, Eng.; 
was able to bear arms at Plymouth, 
Mass., 1643. 

Yelverton or Elverton was at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., and as early as 1643 had 
been to Yarmouth, Mass. 

CROWELL (see CROW) 

Place name from a town in Eng. 
CROWFOOT 

Joseph was at Springfield, Mass., 1658. 
CROWTHER 

John sent by Mason to Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1631. 

cudworth 

From Cud or Colt, a wood, and worth, a 
place, a dwelling—the farm or dwelling 
in the wood. 

James came to N. E., 1632; two years 
later was in Scituate, Mass., and for a 
few years was at Barnstable, Mass. 
Jonathan, brother of the preceding, 
was at Scituate, Mass., before 1667. 
CULLICK 

John came from Felstead, Essex, Eng.; 
was a resident of Hartford, Conn., 
1639; removed to Boston, Mass., 1659. 
CULLIVER 

John, mariner, an inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., 1655. 


CULVER 

The name signifies a pigeon, a dove. 
Edward, wheelwright, was at Dedham, 
Mass., before 1640; removed to Rox- 
bury, Mass.; in 1650 went to New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., and in 1662 to Mystic, Conn. 
CUMMINGS 

A corruption of Comeyn, anciently 
written De Comminges. The family is 
Scottish, dating back to 1080. Red 
Comyn or Cumin was the east lord of 
Badenock in Inverness-shire, Scotland. 
David, a resident of Dorchester, Mass., 
1664. 

Isaac, b. Eng., 1601; proprietor at Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1639; also was at Topsfield 
and Salem, Mass. 

Richard was at Isle of Shoals, N. H., 
purchased land in Portsmouth, N. H., 
1645; freeman in Mass., 1669; died at 
Scarborough, Maine, 1676. 

CUNDY 

Samuel was at Marblehead, Mass., 1674 
CUNLIFF or CUNLITH 

Henry, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1644; removed to Northampton, Mass., 
1659. 

CUNNINGHAM 

Place name from a district in Ayrshire, 
Scotland, signifying the dwelling of a 
chief or king, from the Saxon, cyning, 
Dutch konig —a leader or chief, and ham, 
a house or town. 

Andrew, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1684. 

Patrick, inhabitant of Springfield, 
Mass., before 1685. 

CURNEY or CORNEY 

John married at Gloucester, Mass., 

1670. 

CURRIER 

Richard, millwright and planter, b. Eng. 
or Scotland, 1616; a resident of Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1640; removed to Ames- 
bury, Mass., 1651. 

CURTIS or CURTICE 

An abbreviation of courteous. It may 
be for Curthose, a name given for wear¬ 
ing of short hose; or Courtors, a dis¬ 
trict in France; maybe for the polite ad¬ 
dress on whom the name was bestowed. 
Ancient English family appearing in the 
records of Kent, Eng., 1450, when Ste¬ 
phen Curtis and sons are mentioned. 
Deodate was at Braintree, Mass., 1643. 
Francis married at Plymouth, Mass., 

1671. 

George, freeman at Boston, Mass., 1640. 
Henry, b, Eng., 1607-08, was at Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass., 1635; an original pro¬ 
prietor at Sudbury, Mass., in 1636. 


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Henry, family seated in Kent, Eng., 
granted land at Windsor, Conn., 1645. 
Henry, a resident of Boston, Mass., 

1657. 

Henry was an inhabitant of Marble¬ 
head, Mass.; went before 1674 to Pema- 
quid, Maine. 

John, from County of Sussex, Eng.; on 
the list of inhabitants at Roxbury, Mass., 
1638; was at Wethersfield, Mass., 1639; 
his widow, Elizabeth, removed to Strat¬ 
ford, Conn., with her two sons, John and 
William. 

John settled at Scituate, Mass.; after¬ 
wards was resident of Topsfield, Mass.; 
no issue. 

Richard, brother of preceding, was at 
Marblehead, 1648; following year re¬ 
moved to Scituate, Mass. 

Richard, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1642. 

Richard, resident of Salem, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1646. 

Richard, resident of Boston, Mass., 1657. 
Samuel was at Northampton, Mass., 
1668. 

Theophilus, freeman at Woburn, Mass., 
1684. 

Thomas, brother of John and Richard 
of Scituate, Mass., was at Scituate, 
Mass.; removed to York, Maine. 
Thomas, an early settler of Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., before 1639; removed to 
Wallingford, Conn., 1670. 

William came to Roxbury, Mass., 1632. 
William, brother of John, Richard and 
Thomas of Scituate, Mass., came to that 
town, 1643. 

William, a resident of Salem, Mass., 
before 1658. 

Zaccheus came from Dounton, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1635; later 
removed to Gloucester, Mass. 

CUSHING 

This patronymic is derived from the 
Anglo-Saxon designation of Cousin or 
Cussyn. The name was used in the 
Domesday Book in connection with the 
land title of Cossey, a part of a landed 
estate possessed by the Cushings for 
several generations. The family was 
seated at Norfolk. William Cussyn ap¬ 
pears on the records of that county 
1327. Galfudus Cushing was an early 
English ancestor. 

David was at Exeter, N. H., 1655. 
Matthew, son of Peter of Harding- 
ham, Eng., bapt. 1589; came from Hing- 
ham, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 


Theophilus, brother of the preceding, 
came to Hingham, Mass., 1633; no is¬ 
sue. 

CUSHMAN 

James was an inhabitant of Scituate, 
Mass., 1639 to 1648. 

Robert, b. Canterbury, Eng., 1580, came 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1621; returned to 
Eng. 1625, leaving one son, Thomas, in 
the care of Gov. Bradford. 

CUTHBERTSON 

Cuthbert, a Dutchman, came to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1623; died before 
1633 - 
CUTLER 

Occupation surname. 

James, b. Eng., 1606, came from Sprows- 
ton, a suburb of Norwich, Eng., and 
was one of the original grantees of land 
at Watertown, Mass., 1634, afterwards 
was at Cambridge, Mass.; 1651 at Lex¬ 
ington, Mass. 

John came from Sprowston, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1637; died following 
year, leaving 4 sons, Henry, John, Sam¬ 
uel and Thomas. 

John married at Woburn, Mass., 1650. 
Samuel, b. 1629, was a resident of Mar¬ 
blehead, Mass., 1654. 

Samuel, a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1683. 

CUTT or CUTTS 

John, merchant, son of Richard, came 
from Wales to Portsmouth, N. H., 
about 1660. 

Richard, mariner, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, was at Portsmouth, N. H., as 
early as 1647; freeman of Mass., 1665. 
Robert, brother of the preceding, lived 
at Great Island, Portsmouth, N. H.; 
went to Barbadoes, and in 1663 came to 
Kittery, Maine. 

CUTTER 

A boat; Coutier, French, a weaver, a 
seller of ticking. 

Richard came with his mother Eliza¬ 
beth from Newcastle-on-the-Tyne; free¬ 
man at Cambridge, Mass., 1641. 
William, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man at Cambridge, Mass., 1637; returned 
to England 1648. 

CUTTING 

From Saxon Cuth, well known, famous, 
and ing, equivalent to the Latin ens, 
expressing the existence of the quality 
or action of the word to which it is af¬ 
fixed, as Cuthing, the son of Cuth. 

John was at Watertown, Mass., 1636, 
afterwards at Charlestown, Mass., 


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thence removed to Newbury, Mass., 
1642. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1623, came a youth of 
11 years, under care of Henry Kimball, 
in 1634, to Ipswich, Mass., settled in 1640 
at Watertown, Mass. 

DADE, DAVY, DADY or DAWDY 

William, butcher, came to Charles¬ 
town, Mass., freeman in 1633. 
DAFFORNE or DAFFERN 

John was at Boston, Mass., in 1677. 
DAGAN 

Richard was at Scituate, Mass., in 1690. 
DAGGETT or DOGGETT 

Local surname, a corruption of Dow- 
gate, one of the Roman gateways of 
London, from British doiv, water, the 
water-gate. 

John, bapt. at Boxford, Suffolk, 1602, 
came to N. E. in 1630, made freeman 
at Watertown 1631, removed to Martha’s 
Vineyard and was at Rehoboth, Mass., 
in 1645. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1607, came from Nor¬ 
wich, Eng., 1637, as servant to Thomas 
Oliver, settled at Concord, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Marshfield, thence to Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass. 

DAILLE 

Peter, first minister of the Huguenots, 
was at Boston, Mass., in 1686. 

DAKIN 

Name of French derivation from De 
Acquignay, pronounced Akeny, Bald¬ 
win Dakeny fought at the Battle of 
Hastings. 

Thomas, son of John, b. Eng., 1624, 
was at Concord, Mass., before 1650. 
DALE, DEAL, DELL 

Nearly synonymous; a bushy Vale; low 
ground, with ground ascending around 
it. 

John was at Salem, Mass., in 1682. 
Robert was a resident of Woburn, 
Mass., in 1680. 

DALISSON or DALISON 

Gilbert was at Milford, Mass., in 1647. 
DALTON or DOLTON 

This surname originally signified a 
farm-stead or hamlet in Eng. It means 
enclosure in the dale or valley. It may, 
however, be a corruption from Dale- 
ton, the town in the dale. 

Philemon, linen-weaver, b. Eng., 1577, 
came to Watertown, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved to Dedham, Mass., in 1637 and 
to Hampton, N. H., in 1644, later was 
an inhabitant of Ipswich, Mass. 

Rev. Timothy, elder brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, made freeman at Dedham, Mass., 


1637, removed to Hampton, N. H., 1639, 
descent extinct. 

DAME, DAMME or DAM 

John came from Cheshire, Eng., in 
1633 to Dover, N. H. 

DAMRILL 

Humphrey, master marine, was at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., in 1654. 

DAMON, DAMMAN, DAMAN or DAMING 
Name of French origin. 

Edward was at Marblehead, Mass., in 

1674. 

John came from Kent, Eng., a minor, 
in care of uncle, William Gilson, to 
Scituate, Mass., in 1643. 

John, bapt. in 1621, came from Reading, 
Berkshire, Eng., to Reading, Mass., in 
1633 and was admitted freeman in 1645. 

DANA 

The surname from Celtic word Dana, 
bold, daring. The chosen successor of 
a king among the Celts was so called; 
a poet. Family of French descent. 
Richard, builder, b. France in 1612, came 
to Cambridge, Mass., 1640. 

DANE 

John came from Berkhamsted, Bishop’s 
Stortford, Herts, Eng., to Roxbury, 
Mass., in 1636; was for a short time at 
Ipswich, Mass. 

DANFORTH 

A place name, the way or ford of the 
Danes, the seat of the English family 
is Suffolk, Eng. 

Nicholas, son of Thomas, and of the 
fifth generation of William Danforth 
who died at Framlingham, Suffolk, Eng., 
in 1512, was bapt. at Framlingham in 
1589, settled at Cambridge, Mass., 1634. 

DANIELS 

In the Hebrew language Daniel signifies 
the judgment of God, the s added being 
a contraction of son —the son of Daniel. 
Daniel was at Dover, N. H., 1661-72. 
James took the oath of allegiance at 
Exeter, N. H., 1661. 

Joseph was at Falmouth, Maine, in 1680. 
John was at New London, Conn., in 
1663. 

Richard was at Billerica, Mass., in 1675, 
also was at Andover, Mass. 

Robert, b. Eng., about 1590, settled at 
Watertown, Mass., in 1636, removed to 
Cambridge, Mass., in 1651. 

Stephen was at Saybrook, Conn., 1655, 
removed to New Haven, Conn. 

Thomas was at Kittery, Maine, in 1652, 
removed to Portsmouth, N. H. 


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William, b. Eng., settled in Dorchester, 
Mass., in 1646. 

DANIELSON 

Serg. James, of Scotch ancestry, settled 
at Block Island now Shoreham, R. I., 
in 1688. 

DARLING 

A name of endearment, ing denoting 
child, progeny, offspring. 

Dennis, b. Eng., about 1640, is recorded 
at Braintree, Mass., in 1660, removed to 
Mendon, Mass., in 1677. 

George, brother of the preceding, b. Eng., 
1615 or 1620, settled at Salem, Mass., in 
1647, afterwards lived at Lynn, 1650, 
and Marblehead, Mass., in 1674. 

John, b. about 1640, was at Braintree, 
Mass., 1660-70. 

DARMAN 

John was at Braintree, Mass., before 
1644. 

HARROW or DARRAH 

George was at New London, Conn., in 
1676. 

DART 

A place name from a river in Eng., and 
a town in Scotland. 

Ambrose was at Boston, Mass., 1653. 
Richard, b. Eng., settled in 1664 at New 
London, Conn. 

DARVALL, DARVILL or DARVELL 

Robert an original proprietor of Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., where he died in 1662, no 
male issue. 

William, merchant, Boston, Mass., 1674. 
DASSETT 

John admitted freeman at Braintree, 
Mass., in 1640. 

DAVENPORT 

A place name from Davenport, Cheshire, 
Eng., so called from Dan or Daven, 
signifying river and port, a haven or 
harbor. The family is of French lineage. 
Francis, mariner, was at Boston, Mass., 
in 1675. 

Humphrey came from Barbadoes to 
Dorchester, Mass., removed to Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., and in 1667 to New York. 
Rev. John, son of John, b. Coventry, 
Warwickshire, Eng., 1597. Came to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., in 1637, following year set¬ 
tled at New Haven, Conn.; removed to 
Boston, Mass., in 1669. 

Richard came from Weymouth, Dorset¬ 
shire, Eng., in 1628 to Salem, Mass.- 
Thomas was admitted to the church at 
Dorchester, Mass., in 1640. 

DAVIES 

Name of Welsh origin, first know,n in 


1581, when Robert ap David of Grugs- 
any assumed it. 

Humphrey, merchant, son of Sir John 
Davies came from London, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., was made a freeman at 
Billerica, Mass., in 1665, afterwards at 
Woburn, Mass. 

John was made a freeman at Boston, 
Mass., in 1636. 

Samuel was at Boston, Mass., in 1668. 
DAVIS or DAVIES 

The name is a corruption of Davids, the 
son of David. 

Aaron resided at Newport, R. I., in 1650, 
was one of the proprietors at Dart¬ 
mouth, Mass., in 1694. ^ 

Anthony, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
where he died in 1674. 

Barnabas, tallow chandler, b. Tewks¬ 
bury, Eng., 1599, settled at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635. 

Daniel, a freeman at Kittery, Maine, 
1652. 

Dolor, Dollard or Dollar, master build¬ 
er, came from Kent, Eng., to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1634, removed to Duxbury, Mass., 
in 1640, and was a resident of Barnstable, 
Mass., 1643. 

Edward was at Boston, Mass., where he 
married in 1657. 

Ephraim was at Haverhill, Mass., as 
early as 1660. 

Francis, son of Philip of Wales, b. 
Eng., 1620, settled at Salisbury, Mass., 
1638, afterwards at Amesbury, Mass. 
George, weaver and shop owner,, b. 
Eng., name first on record in Salem, 
Mass., 1641, removed to Reading, Mass., 
in 1644. 

George, blacksmith, was at Weymouth, 
Mass., in 1654. 

Gershqm was at Cambridge, Mass., 
about 1665. 

Hopewell was at Charlestown, Mass., 
in 1686. 

Isaac was at Salem, Mass., in 1637, at 
Beverly, Mass., 1650, afterwards at 
Casco, Maine. 

James, b. Eng., 1583-88, freeman at 
Newbury, Mass., 1635, removed to Hav¬ 
erhill, Mass., in 1640. 

James, a freeman at Hampton, N. H., 
in 1638. 

James, mariner, was at Boston, Mass., 

1634- 

James, tailor, was at Plymouth, Mass., 
- r -* in 1639. 

James was at Boston, Mass., in- 1647. 


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James was at Charlestown, Mass., 1658. 

James was at Gloucester, Mass., 1666. 

James was at Scituate, Mass., 1673; re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass. 

John, joiner, was at Boston, Mass., 1635. 

John was at Newbury, Mass., in 1641. 

John was on record at Watertown, 

Mass., in 1642. 

John was at York, Maine, and made a 
freeman, 1652. 

John, tailor, was at Roxbury, Mass., in 

1653- 

John was a resident of New London, 

Conn., 1651-64. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., in 
1668, a year later removed to Westerly, 

R. I. 

John was a resident of Lynn, Mass., in 
1664. 

John, yeoman, b. 1612, was a resident 
of Newbury, Mass., in 1662. 

John, shoemaker and herdsman, settled 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1638, removed to 
Gloucester, Mass., afterwards returned 
to Ipswich. 

Lawrence was at Falmouth, Maine, 

1662, removed to Ipswich, Mass., return¬ 
ed to Falmouth, 1681. 

Nathaniel was at Charlestown, Mass., 
in 1677. 

Nicholas, b. 1595, came to Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1635, and settled at Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., in 1640. 

Philip came as a minor from South¬ 
ampton, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., af¬ 
terwards removed to Hartford, Conn.; 
no male issue. 

Philip was at Plymouth, Mass., in 1638; 
removed to Duxbury, Mass. 

Richard was at Ipswich, Mass., in 1642. 

Richard was married at Roxbury, Mass., DAY 
about 1654. 

Robert, b. 1608, came to Sudbury, Mass., 
in 1638, as servant to Peter Noyes. No 
male issue. 

Robert came to Yarmouth, Mass., in 
1638, recorded as able to bear arms at 
Barnstable, Mass., in 1643. 

Samuel was at Watertown, Mass., re¬ 
moved in 1646 to Boston, Mass. 

Samuel was a resident of Groton, Mass., 
as early as 1662. 

Samuel was at Salisbury, Mass., in 1663. 
Stephen was at Hartford. Conn., in 
1646, admitted freeman of Conn., 1658. 
Thomas, sawyer, came from Marlbor¬ 
ough, Wiltshire, Eng., in 1635 to Boston, 


Mass., removed to Haverhill, Mass., 
1642. 

Tobias, brother of Richard, of the same 
town, was at Roxbury, Mass., 1647. 
Tobias was a freeman at Dover, N. H., 
1666. 

William, apothecary, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1644, was at Springfield, Mass., 
1645, removed to Haverhill, Mass., 1668. 
William, a brother of Tobias, of Welsh 
descent, b. in Wales or Eng., 1617, set¬ 
tled at Roxbury, Mass., 1635. 

DA VOL 

The name of French origin derived from 
Deyville, a village or district in France, 
anglicised form of the name David. 
William was at Duxbury, Mass., 1640, 
later at Braintree, Mass., in 1645 at 
Rehoboth, Mass., and 1650 at Newport, 
R. I. 

DAWES 

A local name from D’Awes from the 
river, fountain or water. 

Francis was at Boston, Mass., about 
1659. 

John was an inhabitant of Windsor, 
Conn., 1647. 

William, bricklayer, b. Sudbury, Suf¬ 
folk, Eng., came to Braintree, Mass., 
1635, removed to Boston, Mass., 1652. 
DAWSON 

A corruption of Normandy French 
D’Ossone, from the town of that name 
in Normandy, some authoress claims it 
a contraction of Davison, the son of 
David. 

Daniel was at Ipswich, Mass., before 
1693. 

George, a Quaker, was at Boston, Mass., 
1679. 

Robert was at New Haven, Conn., in 
1677. 

Celtic and Gaelic word deag or dagh, 
signifies good, same meaning as Da, m 
Welsh Dai, Du in Welsh signifies dark, 
an allusion to complexion or color of 
hair. Dhu in Gaelic, dark color, black 
Deah, Anglo-Saxon, dark, obscure. Dee 
is the name of a small river in Wales 
and the name was transferred to the 
people living along its banks. 

Anthony, b. Eng., 1616, was as a minor 
at Salem, Mass., as early as 1630. He 
was afterwards at Ipswich, Mass., and 
1645 was a proprietor at Gloucester, 
Mass. 

Nathaniel was at Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 
Ralph, mason, b. Eng., settled at Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., about 1640. 


I 


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Robert of Welsh descent, b. Eng., 1604, 
came from Ipswich, Eng., to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1634; removed to Hartford, 
Conn., 1636. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1605, came to Ipswich, 
Mass, 1635. 

Stephen, originally a locksmith, became 
the first printer in America, came to 
Cambridge, Mass., 1638, in 1643 settled 
at Lancaster, Mass. 

DAYNES, DEANS or DAINES 

Abraham was at New London, Conn., 
1664, coming from Casco, Maine. 
DAYTON 

Ralph signed the Covenant at New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, removed to East- 
hampton, L. I. 

Samuel was for a short time a resi¬ 
dent of New Haven, Conn., 1646-55. 
DEAN 

Name from Latin word Decanus a term 
applied to a Roman military officer of 
minor rank, often spelled with a final e. 
Lieut. Daniel was at Concord, Mass. 
George, cord-weaver, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1660-86. 

James, blacksmith, was at Stonington, 
Conn., 1674. 

John, son of William of Chard, Somer¬ 
setshire, Eng., came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1636, was a proprietor at Taunton, Mass., 
1639. 

Jonas came from Taunton,' Eng., to 
Scituate, Mass., 1690. 

Samuel was at Stamford, Conn., 1650. 
Samuel was an inhabitant of Lancaster, 
Mass., 1653. 

Stephen came to Plymouth, Mass., in 
1621. Built the first corn mill in N. E., 
1632. 

Thomas, carpenter, b. 1603, came to 
Concord, Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, merchant, came from Hamp¬ 
shire, Eng., in 1640; returned to Eng. 
Thomas, mariner, was at Charlestown, 
Mass., as early as 1668. 

Walter, tanner, known as Deacon Wal¬ 
ter, brother of John, b. Chard, near 
Taunton, Somersetshire, Eng., 1615-17, 
came to Dorchester, Mass., and was a 
freeman at Taunton, Mass., 1638. 

DEAR or DEARE 

Edward was at Ipswich, Mass., 1683. 
Philip was an inhabitant of Salem, 
Mass., 1638. 

DEARBORN 

The name from the Saxon Dear-boren, 
well born. 


Godfrey, b. Exeter, Devonshire, Eng., 
1600, came to Mass., about 1638, and was 
at Exeter, N. H., in 1639, later at Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1651. 

DEERING 

George, planter, came to province of 
Maine, 1635, and was at Scarborough, 
Maine, 1639. 

Samuel was at Braintree, Mass., as 
early as 1649. 

DEATH 

John was at Sudbury, Mass., 1672, re¬ 
moved in 1678 to Sherborn, Mass. 
DECKER 

Name from German Decker, the quanti¬ 
ty of ten, probably the name given to the 
tenth child. 

John was a resident of Exeter, N. H., 
1672. 

DELAND 

John was a resident of Beverly, Mass., 
before 1680. 

DELANO 

The name is derived from Lannoy, a 
village situated seven miles from Little 
France. The family is traced to Hugues 
de Lannoy, a knight of “Tournia d’ 
Auelin,” 1096. 

Philip, son of Jean de Launey, b. Ley¬ 
den, Holland, 1602, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1621, had land granted in Dux- 
bury, Mass., 1624; later he removed to 
Bridgewater, Mass. 

DELL or DILL 

George, merchant, was a resident of 
Salem, Mass., 1639, removed to Boston, 
Mass., where he was admitted a freeman, 
1651. 

DEMING 

John, one of the earliest settlers at 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1635. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
at Wethersfield, Conn., at an early date, 
was one of the early proprietors of 
Farmington, Conn., 1645, finally removed 
to L. I. 

DENISON or DENYSON 

Robert was at Milford, Conn., 1645, 
went to Newark, N. J., 1667. 

Thomas was at Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
William, son of John Denyson, b. 
Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, Eng., 
about 1586, came to Mass., 1631, settled 
at Roxbury, Mass. 

DENMAN 

Name derived from Welsh Dinman, the 
place of a fortress, from din, a fortress, 
and man, a place. The Saxon word Den¬ 
man meant the man of the valley. 


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Alexander was at Hampton, N. H., 
1678. 

John was at Dorchester, Mass., 1639. 
DENMARK. 

Patrick was at Dover, N. H., 1663, 
afterwards at Saco, Maine. 

DENNEN 

Nicholas, b. Eng., 1645, was an in¬ 
habitant of Gloucester, Mass. 

William was a proprietor at Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

DENNETT 

The family of Norman origin. Hugh 
D’Anet, came to Eng. with William the 
Conqueror. 

Alexander, b. 1639, was at Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1670. 

John, carpenter, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, was at Portsmouth, N. H., 1670. 
DENNIS 

A corruption of the Greek name Diony¬ 
sius, which is derived from two words 
signifying divine and mind. Dinas, in 
Welsh, a fort, a stronghold. 

Edward was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1636. 

James, an inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
as early as 1653. 

Lawrence was in the Province of Maine 
in 1665. 

Robert was at Yarmouth, Mass., 1643-59. 
Thomas came to Mass, in 1630, removed 
to N. J. 

William was at Scituate, Mass., at an 
early date, left no male issue. 
DENSLOW 

Henry came from Dorchester, Mass., 
to Windsor, Conn., 1644. 

John resided at Windsor, Conn., was 
made freeman 1657. 

Nicholas was at Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed in 1640 to Windsor, Conn. 
DENTON 

A Saxon place name from a town in 
Buckingham, Eng., derived from den, 
a valley, and ton, a town. 

Rev. Richard came to N. E. 1638, was 
at Wethersfield, Conn., 1640, removed 
in 1644 to Stamford, Conn., later to 
Hempstead, L. I. 

DERBY, DARBY or DORBY 

From Derby, Eng., name derived from 
Deer-by, town or country abounding 
with deer. 

Edward came from Bisley, Surrey, Eng., 
1650, was at Weymouth, Mass., 1650, 
afterwards at Braintree, Mass., finally 
removing to Boston, Mass. 


Francis was at Warwick, R. I., before 
1663. 

John, son of Christopher, came from 
Dorsetshire, Eng., proprietor at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1647, removed to Yar¬ 
mouth, Mass., before 1643. 

Richard, brother of the preceding, was 
at Plymouth, Mass., 1637. 

Roger, shopkeeper, came from Topsham, 
Devonshire, Eng., accompanied by his 
brother, John, to Ipswich, Mass. 
DERING or DEERING 

The name from a Saxon word Dearran 
or Darran, to dare, bold, daring, a name 
given to an old Saxon chieftain. 

Henry was at Boston, Mass., 1663. 
DESHON or DESHORN 

A local name from Dijon, a French 
town. The family is of French Hugue¬ 
not descent. 

Daniel came from France to Oxford, 
Mass., 1686, soon afterwards removed 
to New London, Conn. 

DEVELL or DEVILLE 

From the French De Ville, from the 
village or town. 

William was at Braintree, Mass., in 
1643, a freeman at Newport, R. I., 1655. 
DEVEREAUX 

A place name from Evereaux, a town 
in Normandy, France. 

John came to Salem, Mass., 1630, a 
youth of sixteen; was at Marblehead, 
Mass., 1648. 

DEVOTION 

Edward joined the church at what is 
now Brookline, Mass., 1645. 

DEW or DUE 

Ambrose, cord-weaver, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1645. 

Thomas was an inhabitant of Marble¬ 
head, Mass., 1668. 

DEWER 

Thomas, tailor, was a resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1652. 

DEWEY 

In the Welsh language Dewi is a cor¬ 
ruption of David. 

Thomas came from Sandwich, Kent, 
Eng., and was one of the original 
grantees of Dorchester, Mass., 1633. He 
removed to Windsor, Conn., 1635. 
DEWING or DEWON 

Andrew b. Eng., was at Dedham, 
Mass., 1644. 

DE WOLF 

The family originally Scotch, immi¬ 
grated to Germany. 


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Balthazar is on record at Hartford, 
Conn., 1656; removed to Lyme, Conn., 
1668. 

DEXTER 

Place name from Exeter, Eng., a con¬ 
traction of De Exeter, from Exe, a 
name of a river, and cester, a camp, a 
town, anciently written Excester. 
Family descended from Richard de 
Excester, Lord Justice of Ireland. 

Rev. Gregory, b. Olney, Northampton¬ 
shire, Eng., 1610, came to N. E. in 1644, 
locating at Providence and Warwick, 
R. I. 

Richard b. Eng., about 1606, from the 
county of Meath, Ireland, and admitted 
freeman at Boston, Mass., 1642, two 
years later removed to Charlestown, 
Mass. 


Thomas came to Lynn, Mass., 1630 and 
1637 removed to Sandwich, Mass., and 
1646 to Barnstable, Mass. 

DIBBLE, DEEBLE 

John was at Springfield, Mass., in 1641. 
Robert came from Weymouth, Eng., to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1634. 

DICKERMAN 

Name of German origin compounded 
of two words, dick or dicker, and mann, 
meaning “stout man.” 

Thomas, tailor, settled in Dorchester, 
Mass., 1636. 

DICKERSON 

The family of Norwegian origin, the 
early known ancestor Ivar in 725, Wal¬ 
ter De Caen, later De Kenson was a 
follower of William the Conqueror. 
John was a resident of Salisbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

Nathaniel, son of William of the 
XVth generation from Walter De Ken¬ 
son anglicized to Dickerson, b. Ely, 
Cambridge, Eng., 1600, came to Water- 
town, Mass., 1634, removed to Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1636-37 and 1659 to Had¬ 
ley, Mass. 

Philemon, tanner, granted lands at Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1639, removed to South- 
hold, L. I., recorded as a freeman of 
Conn., 1662. 

Thomas was an inhabitant of New 
Haven, Conn., in 1642, later removed to 
Fairfield, Conn. 

Thomas was on record at Rowley, 
Mass., 1643. 

DICKSON 

The son of Dick or Richard. 

William, of Scotch ancestry, was made 
a freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 1642. 


DIKE 

Abraham was an inhabitant of Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., before 1656. 

Anthony b. in Eng., settled at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1623. 

Richard married at Gloucester, Mass., 
1667. 

DILLINGHAM 

A place name in Cambridge, Eng., from 
the Saxon Daelan, to divide, separate, 
and ham, a village. Ancient English 
family. 

Edward came from Bitteswell, Leices¬ 
tershire, Eng., to Lynn, Mass., 1630, re¬ 
moved to Sandwich, Mass., 1637. 

John, brother of the preceding, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1630, shortly after¬ 
wards to Ipswich, Mass. 

DIMAN 

John, ropemaker, was at Lynn, Mass., 
1647, removed to Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
John was at New London, Conn., 1674. 
Thomas was at Fairfield, Conn., where 
he died 1658. 

DIMOCK 

The name originates with the Welsh, 
a corruption of Dia Madoc, that is 
David, the son of Madoc. Dia being 
the diminutive of David; Madoc is de¬ 
rived from Mad, good, with the termin¬ 
ation oc affixed. 

Elder Thomas b. Eng., settled at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1635, removed to Hing- 
ham, Mass., 1638, the next year to Scit- 
uate, Mass., and in 1640 was one of the 
founders of Barnstable, Mass. 

DINELY or DYNELEY 

William, barber surgeon, was a resi¬ 
dent of Boston, Mass., 1635. 

DINGLEY 

John was at Lynn, Mass., removed to 
Sandwich, Mass., 1637, thence 1644 to 
Marshfield, Mass. 

DINMAN, DIMAN or DIMOND 

Thomas was an early settler at Farm¬ 
ington, Conn., removed to Easthamp- 
ton, L. I. 

DISBROW 

Peter came from Eng., 1660, one of the 
first and principal proprietors of Rye, 
N. Y. in 1665, removed to Stamford, 
Conn. 

DIVEN 

John was an inhabitant of Lynn, 
Mass., 1643. 

DIX 

The name as Dicks or Dickens, the S 
being a contraction of son—the son of 
Dick or Richard. 


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Anthony was one of the first comers 
being at Plymouth, Mass., in 1623, af¬ 
terwards at Charlestown and Salem, 
Mass. 

Edward came in Winthrop’s fleet to 
Boston, Mass., in 1630. 

John an inhabitant of Taunton, Mass., 
in 1669. 

Leonard b. 1624 was at Wethersfield, 
Conn., in 1645, granted land at Bran¬ 
ford, Conn., 1648; his brother John set¬ 
tled at Hartford, Conn. 

Ralph, fisherman, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1647. 

Ralph was a freeman at Malden, 
Mass., 1685; previous to this he was liv¬ 
ing at Reading, Mass. 

Samuel b. Eng., 1594, came from Nor¬ 
wich, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1637. 
DIXIE or DIXEY 

From the Saxon Die, a ditch, dike, and 
ea, water, or ig, an island. 

John was at Salem, Mass., 1639. 
Thomas was a resident of Salem, 1637, 
and was at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
William came to Cape Ann, 1629, af¬ 
terwards at Lynn, Mass. 

DIXON 

Jeremiah was one of the seven found¬ 
ers of the Church at New Haven, 
Conn., 1639. 

William was a resident of Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1633-38, a freeman at Kit- 
tery, Maine, 1649, afterwards at York, 
Maine. 

DIXWELL 

John, one of the regicides, came to 
New Haven, Conn., 1664. 

DOANE 

Henry was at Watertown, Mass., 1643. 
Deacon John came from Eng., to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1630, removed to East- 
ham, Mass., 1644. 

DOBLE 

Tobias was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
where he died 1670. 

DODD OR DOD 

In Gaelic the word Dod signifies “the 
pet;” peevishness; in German, a godfath¬ 
er. 

Daniel was at Bradford, Conn., 1644. 
George, mariner, was an inhabitant of 
Boston, Mass., 1645. 

Thomas was at Marblehead, Mass., 
1674 - 

William was a resident of Salem, 
Mass., 1644. 

DODGE 

To evade by a sudden shift of place; 
one who evades, or quibbles. The fam¬ 


ily is of Ancient English origin, in 1306 
Peter Dodge of Stockworth, County of 
Chester, Eng., was granted a coat of 
arms. 

Richard, son of John of East Coker, 
Somersetshire, Eng., b. 1602, settled at 
Salem, Mass., 1638, in 1667 was one of 
the founders of Beverly, Mass. 
Tristram came from Suffolk, Eng., to 
Newfoundland in 1647, later to Mass., 
was one of the original settlers in 1661 
of Block Island, R. I. 

William, husbandman, brother of 
Richard, settled at Salem, Mass., 1629; 
he resided in Beverly, Mass., 1637. 
DODSON 

The son of Dod. 

Anthony was at Scituate, Mass., 1650. 

DOE 

An ancient English surname. 

Nicholas came from Eng., to Oyster 
Bay, now Durham, N. H., where he 
was a taxpayer in 1667. 

DOLE 

The name is of French origin, written 
De Dole, a town in France. 

Dowyll in Welsh signifies shady, dark. 
George was at Lynn, Mass., removed 
to Sandwich, Mass., 1637. 

Richard, son of William, a tanner and 
grandson of Richard in Thornbury, 
Gloucestershire, Eng., was bapt. at 
Ringworth, Gloucestershire, in 1622, he 
came in .1639 to Newbury, Mass., ap¬ 
prenticed to John Towle, a glover, he 
late in life removed to Rowley, Mass. 

DOLIBER or DOLIVER 

The name is of Welsh origin from 
Dollyr, the short vale; from dol, a dell, 
a valley, and lyr, short. Dalbyr is a 
town in Jutland, where the family may 
have originated. 

Joseph was an inhabitant of Salem, 
Mass., 1648. 

Samuel, yeoman, son of Robert, bapt. 
at Stoke Abbott, Dorsetshire, Eng., 
1608, was at Marblehead, Mass., 1642, 
removed to Gloucester, Mass., 1652. 

DONNELL or DUNNELL 

Henry was a freeman at Kittery, 
Maine, 1652, removed to Falmouth, 
Maine. 

DOOLITTLE 

Abraham b. Eng., 1619, was at Boston, 
Mass., 1640, settled at New Haven, 
1644, removed to Wallingford, Conn., 
1670. 

John was at Lynn, Mass., 1643, removed 
to what is now Chelsea, Mass., where 
he was constable in 1653. 


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DORCHESTER 

Anthony settled at Hingham, Mass., 
removed to Windsor, Conn., and was 
at Springfield, Mass., in 1649. 
DORMAN 

Edward was at New Haven, Conn., 

1657- 

Thomas was a freeman at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1635, removed to Rowley, Mass., 
and died at Topsfield, Mass. 

DORR 

In Gaelic, Dorr is difficult, easily vexed, 
and in the same language, persevering, 
earnest, obstinate. In Icelandic, Dorr 
signifies a spear, in Cornish British, dor 
is earth; also dorre to break; *in Welsh, 
dar is oak. 

Edward was at Roxbury, Mass., prior 
to 1674. 

DORYFALL or DORIFIELD 

Barnaby came to Boston, Mass., 1633, 
admitted freeman 1636, afterwards liv¬ 
ed at Braintree, Mass. 

DOTEY or DOTEN 

From the Welsh Diotty, an ale house. 
Edward, “Mayflower” passenger, a Lon¬ 
don youth, b. Eng., came to America 
as a servant of Stephen Hopkins, af¬ 
terwards removed to Yarmouth, Mass. 
DOUBLEDAY 

Roger, currier, was at Boston, Mass., 
1674. 

DOUGHTY 

Francis was at Taunton, Mass., 1639, 
removed to L. I. 1641. 

James was at Scituate, Mass., 1649. 
DOUGLAS or DOUGLASS 

A river of Scotland, town of Lanark¬ 
shire, from the Gaelic word Dhu, black, 
dark, and glass. 

Deacon William, son of Robert, 
cooper, b. Scotland, 1610, located in 
1640 at Gloucester, Mass., in 1645 at 
Boston, Mass., and 1659 removed to 
New London, Conn. 

DOVE 

Matthew was at Salem, Mass., 1654. 

DOW 

The name first appears in the Hundred 
Roll of the 13th century. 

John Dow was the English ancestor in 

1584- 

Francis came from Salisbury, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., to Salisbury, Mass., before 
1650. 

Henry, husbandman, son of Henry and 
of the fourth generation from John 
Dow of Tylner, Norfolk, Eng., where 
he died in 1651, b. Runham, Eng., 1608, 
settled at Watertown, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved to Hampden, N. H., 1644. 


John was a freeman at Haverhill, 
Mass., 1668. 

Robert was at Salisbury, Mass., before 
1676. 

Samuel was at Hartford, Conn., priol 
to 1665. 

Thomas a freeman at Newbury, Mass. 
1642, removed to Haverhill, Mass. 

1654. 

DOWD, DOWDE, DOWDY 

Henry came from Surrey or Kent^ 
Eng., in 1639 to Guilford, Conn. 
DOWDEN 

Leonard was at Boston, Mass., 1679. 
DOWNAM 

Deerman was at Braintree, Mass., 
1646. 

John, brother of the preceding, was at 
Boston, Mass., 1645. 

DOWNE or DOWNES 

A term applied in Eng., to a tract of 
poor, sandy hill land, used only for 
pasturing sheep. 

John, was a miner at New Haven, 
Conn., 1648, became a freeman in 1654. 
John was at Boston, Mass., before 

1657- 

Robert was an inhabitant of Milford, 
Conn., 1660. 

Thomas b. Eng., 1610, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, was at Dover, N. H., 1657. 
William was in Mass., 1635. 
DOWNER 

Joseph was at Newbury, Mass., 1660. 
DOWNING 

Benjamin took oath of allegiance at 
Hatfield, Mass., 1679. 

Dennis settled at Kittery, Maine, 165a 
Emanuel, son of Rev. Emanuel ol 
Ireland, lawyer, came from London, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., made freeman 
1639. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., befor* 

1659- 

Maledon of Scotch descent, resided in 
Lynn, Mass., 1642. 

Theophilus, fisherman, granted lands 
at Salem, Mass., 1642. 

DOWNTON 

William was a freeman at Salem, 
Mass., 1668. 

DOWSE 

Francis in the employment of George 
Burden came to Boston, Mass, in 1640, 
next year made freeman, removed to 
Charlestown, Mass. 

Lawrence, carpenter, was an inhabi¬ 
tant of Boston, Mass., 1644, afterwards 
lived at Charlestown, Mass. 


1 


lxxi 


Lodorwick was at Sherborn, Mass., 
prior to 1683. 

Samuel was at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1689. 

DOXY 

Thomas was among the early planters 
in 1650 at New London, Conn. 

DRAKE 

From the Gaelic drak, a drake, drac, a 
route, a way, a foot-step; one who 
draws or leads, a leader. 

A Saxon family established before the 
Conquest and was located in what is 
now the Manor of Masbury, Axmin- 
ster, Devonshire, Eng.; the location be¬ 
came known as Mount Drake. In the 
Dooms Day Book, six places are in the 
possession of persons of this name. 
John Drake lived at Exmouth, Eng., in 
1360. 

Francis, surveyor, was at Portsmouth, 
R. I. in 1661, soon afterwards removed 
to N. J. 

John, son of William, 9th generation 
from John, mentioned, b. Wiscomb, 
Eng., 1600, came to Boston, Mass., in 
1630, removed to Windsor, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1639. 

Robert, b. Devonshire, Eng., 1580, 
came to Exeter, N. H. before 1643, 
removed to Hampton, N. H., 1651. 
Samuel was at Fairfield, Conn., 1650, 
removed to East Chester, Conn., 1665. 
Thomas, bapt. 1635 at St. Andrew’s 
Church, Colyton, Devonshire, Eng., 
came for Weymouth, Mass., about 1654. 
DRAKELEY 

Thomas came from Stratford, Conn, to 
Woodbury, Conn., 1682. 

DRAPER 

One who sells cloth. 

James, son of Thomas, b. Heptinstall, 
Yorkshire, Eng., 1618, was a proprietor 
at Roxbury, Mass., 1640, was at Lan¬ 
caster, Mass., 1654, and a resident of 
Dedham, Mass., 1683. 

Roger, b. Eng., was a freeman at Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1639. 

DRAYTON 

Henry is recorded as able to bear arms 
at Marshfield, Mass., 1643. 

John was a farmer in Maine in 1642. 
DRECKAN 

Nicholas came to Salem, Mass., 1660. 
DRESSER 

John was an inhabitant of Rowley, 
Mass., 1643. 

Samuel was at Salem, Mass., in 1638. 


DREW or DRUCE 

John, son of William, grandson of Sir 
Edward Drew, who was knighted 1589 
by Queen Elizabeth, appears on records 
of Plymouth, Mass., 1660-73. 

DRING 

Thomas first recorded at Little Comp¬ 
ton, R. I., 1696. 

DRINKER 

Philip b. 1596, came from Eng., to 
Charlestown, Mass. 

DRIVER 

One who compels or urges anything 
else to move. 

Robert came to Lynn, Mass., 1630, made 
a freeman in 1635. 

DROWNE 

Leonard, shipwright, came from West 
of Eng., as early as 1680 to Kittery, 
Maine, removed to Boston, Mass., 1692. 
DRUMMOND 

John was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1661. 

DRURY 

George b. 1616, came to N. E. in 1635. 
Hugh, carpenter, b. Eng., was at Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1641, removed to Boston, 
Mass., 1646. 

DUDLEY 

Place name from a town in Worcester¬ 
shire, Eng., so called from the old Eng¬ 
lish Dode-ley, the place of the dead, 
a burying ground. Dodelig in Danish 
signifies pale, death-like, mortal, so also 
the Dutch Doodelijk and German Tod- 
lich; Duv-da-lethe in the Gaelic and 
Celtic has the same signification. 

Hugh de Suttin was the progenitor 
of the barons of Dudley. 

Francts b. about 1640, settled at Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1663. 

Hugh was in the emplov of William 
Pynchon at Springfield, Mass., 1656. 
Thomas, son of Capt. Roger, b. North¬ 
amptonshire, Eng., 1 57 S. came in Win- 
throp’s fleet in 1630, after living a short 
time at Cambridge and Ipswich, settled 
at Roxbury, Mass. 

William, b. Richmond, Surrey, Eng., 
came to Guilford, Conn., 1639. 

DUDSON 

Francis was resident of Boston, Mass., 

1675- 

Joseph was at Boston, Mass., 1669. 
DUGALL or DOUGALL 

Alister, a Scotch prisoner, sent over 
by Cromwell in 1650. 

DUMBLETON 

John, a servant of William Whiting, 


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of Hartford, Conn., was at Springfield, 
Mass., in 1649. 

DUMMER 

From the Danish Dommer, an arbiter 
or judge. 

Richard b. Bishopstoke, Hants, Eng., 
came to Boston, Mass., 1632, settled at 
Roxbury, Mass., 1636 and later remov¬ 
ed to Newbury, Mass. 

Stephen, brother of the preceding, 
came to Mass., 1638, returned to Eng., 
1647, leaving in America no male issue. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, came 
to Mass., 1638, settled at Salisbury, 
Mass., left no male issue. 

DUNBAR 

Place name from Danbar at the mouth 
of Firth of Forth, Scotland; Dunabar, 
Gaelic, signifies castle, town, or fort on 
the height or summit. The family 
traces its Scotch lineage to George, earl 
of Danbar. The Danbars of George 
Hill of Scotland were founded in 1575. 
Peter was at Hingham, Mass., before 
1691. 

Robert, son of Ninian of George Hill, 
Scotland, was b. 1630, settled at Hing¬ 
ham, Mass., before 1655. 

DUNCAN 

A powerful chieftain; from the Gaelic 
Dun, a fortress, and ceann, head or 
chief. Duncean or Duncan, strong¬ 
headed. 

Capt. Nathaniel, b. Eng., came to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630. 

DUNCKLEE 

Elnathan was resident of Dedham, 
Mass., where he died in 1669. 
DUNHAM 

A place name from a small village in 
Eng., dun, a hill, and ham a village. 
Rychet Dunham is on record at Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., 1294, owning a large estate 
at Beaminster, Somersetshire, Eng. 
Benaiah was an inhabitant of East- 
ham, Mass., 1660. 

Benjamin, brother of the preceding, 
was also a resident of Eastham, Mass., 
in 1660. 

John, b. Eng., 1589, came from Lanca¬ 
shire, Eng., to Plymouth, Mass., 1630- 
31 - 

Jonathan was at Barnstable, Mass., 
about 1655. 

Joseph was at Plymouth. Mass., in 
1659 - 

DUNK or DUNCK 

Thomas came from Kent, Eng., in 
1645 to Guilford, Conn., was at Say- 
brook, Conn., 1662. 


DUNKIN 

John was at Billerica, Mass., 1675. 
Samuel a resident of Newbury, Mass.,. 
1638, afterwards removed to Boston,. 
Mass. 

DUNN 

From Gaelic Dun, a heap, a hill mount, 
a castle, tower, also Saxon Dunn,. 
brown, of a dark color, swarthy. 
Richard was a freeman at Newport, 
R. I. 1655, removed to Westerly, R. I. r 
1661. 

Thomas, freeman of Mass., 1647, re¬ 
moved to Rehoboth, Mass., at New 
Haven, Conn., 1648, afterwards at Fair- 
field, Conn., left no male issue. 

DUNNING 

The brown offspring; from the Saxon 
Dunn, brown ; termination ing means off¬ 
spring. Dunning has retained its orig¬ 
inal orthography since the days of the 
Saxon. 

George was for a short time in 1644. 
at New Haven, Conn. 

Hicks was an inhabitant of Hingham, 
Mass., prior to 1669. 

DUNSTER 

The name is -of Saxon origin, signify¬ 
ing a dweller upon a dun, down, or 
little hill. There is a market-town and 
castle by the name in Somersetshire, 
Eng. The parish records of Middle- 
ston record in 1543, Plugh Dunster. 

Rev. Henry, son of Henry of Barry 
Lancashire, Eng., came to Boston, 
Mass., 1640, afterwards removed 10 
Scituate, Mass. 

Richard, brother of the preceding, was 
at Cambridge, Mass., 1642. 

DUNTON 

Nathaniel was at Reading, Mass., 
1647. 

Samuel, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1620, settled at Reading, Mass., 
before 1644. 

DURAND 

John was at Scituate, Mass., 1659. 
John, physician, of Huguenot descent, 
settled at Derby, Conn., 1685; he was 
for a time at Stratford, Conn. 

DURANT 

From the Latin word Durandus, endur¬ 
ing, strong, from duro, to harden, to 
inure to hardships. 

George was at Malden, Mass., 1662, 
removed in 1666 to Middletown, Conn. 
DUREN 

Andrew was at Dedham, Mass. 

George was at Lyme, Conn., 1685. 



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DURFEE 

Thomas b. Eng., 1643, came to Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1660. 

DURGIN 

John was at Ipswich, Mass., prior to 
1689. 

William was at Dover, N. H., 1664, 
was for a time at Ipswich, Mass. 
DURHAM 

A local name derived from the Saxon 
Dun and holm, a town in a wood, or 
from the British Dour, water, holm, 
land surrounded mostly by water. 

Humphrey was at Casco, Maine, 1658, 
killed by the Indians in 1676. 

Thomas was at Marshfield, Mass., 1659. 

DURREN or DURRUM 

Ephraim was at Guilford, Conn., 1672. 

DURRELL 

Philip, of French descent, came from 
Isle of Guernsey, Eng., to Exeter, N. 
H., 1675, removed to Kennebunkport, 
Maine, 1700. 

DUSTON 

For Welsh Dysdain, a steward of a 
feast. 

Josiah was at Reading, Mass., 1647. 
Thomas was at Dover, N. H., 1640, re¬ 
moved to Kittery, Maine. 

DUTCH 

Osman or Osmyn was admitted an in¬ 
habitant of Newport, R. I., 1638, was at 
Gloucester, Mass., 1646. 

Robert was at Gloucester, Mass., prior 
1646. 

Thomas was at Edgartown, Mass., 

1654. 

DUTTON 

Place name from a village in Cheshire, 
Eng., has several derivations. Dut-ton, 
Dutch-town. Duton from Du, Cornish 
British, side, and ton, the same as dun, 
a hill, Dhu-ton, Gaelic and Welsh, the 
black hill. Hodard was the progenitor 
of the family in reign of William the 
Conqueror. 

John b. Eng., came to N. E. 1630, be¬ 
came identified with Reading, Mass. 
DUTY 

William was at Rowley, Mass., 1691. 
DWELLEY 

Richard was first at Watertown, Mass., 
lived some years at Hingham, Mass., 
was at Lancaster, Mass., 1654 and at 
Scituate, Mass., 1663. 

DWIGHT 

A place name from Saxon word 
thwarte, meaning a clearing in the for¬ 
est. 


John b. Eng., came from Dedham, 
Eng., to Dedham, Mass., 1635. 

Timothy, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., came as a young man to Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., was at Hampton, N. H., 
1640, resided many years at Medfield, 
Mass. 

DWINNELL 

Michael, of Scotch ancestry of French 
origin, was at Topsfield, Mass., 1668. 
DYER 

Occupation name, one who dyes cloth. 
George settled at Dorchester, Mass., 
1630. 

Giles was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1680. 

John b. 1607, came to N. E., 1635, was 
at New London, Conn., before 1650, 
soon afterwards went to L. I. 

Deacon Thomas, cloth-worker, b. Eng., 
1611-12, came to Weymouth, Mass., 
1632. 

William, milliner from London, Eng., 
came to Boston, Mass., 1635. He re¬ 
moved to Portsmouth, R. I., 1638, and 
was one of the eight signers to the 
Compact of Newport, R. I. in 1639. 
William was in 1665 an early settler of 
Sheepscott, Maine. 

Wiliam was at Barnstable, Mass., as 
early as 1686. 

William was an inhabitant of Lynn f 
Mass., prior to 1673. 

DYMOKE 

Elder Thomas Dymoke, came from 
Pinchback, Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 
1635, removed to Hingham, Mass., 1638, 
and a year later to Barnstable, Mass. 

EAMES or EMMES 

*^Capt. Anthony, b. Dorsetshire, Eng., 
1595, was a proprietor of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1634, two years later removed to 
Hingham, Mass., and 1650 to Marsh¬ 
field, Mass. 

Gerspam was at Marlborough, Mass., 
before 1671, died at Watertown, Mass., 
1676. No male issue. 

Henry was a freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1684. 

John was a resident of Woburn, Mass., 
before 1690. 

Robert was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1651, taxed at Woburn, Mass., 1666. 
Thomas, brickmaker and Mason, b. 
Eng., about 1618, came from Stratford- 
on-Avon, Eng., 1630, resided at Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1630. Afterwards at Med¬ 
ford, Cambridge, Sudbury, and what is. 
now Framingham, Mass. 


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EARLE 

Ralph b. Eng., 1606, was at Newport, 
R. I., 1638, at Portsmouth, R. I., 1649, 
in 1686 was one of the townsmen of 
Dartmouth, Mass. 

Robert came to N. E. in 1634, located 
at Newport, R. I. 

EAST 

Franklin, carpenter, freeman at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1637. 

William was at Milford, Conn., 1639, 
no male issue. 

EASTMAN 

The surname is synonymous with Eas¬ 
terling. A native of Hansetown of the 
east of Germany was known as “eas- 
terling.” 

Roger, house carpenter, son of John 
of Romsey, Hampshire, Eng., b. Wales, 
1611, came from Langford,. Wiltshire, 
Eng., 1638, granted lands at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1640-43. 

EASTERBROOK 

Thomas b. Enfield, Middlesex, Eng., 
settled at Concord, Mass., 1660. 
EASTON 

Joseph b. Eng., about 1602, came to N. 
E. 1634, made freeman at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635, removed to Hartford, 
Conn., with Hooker’s colony in 1636. 

• Nicholas, tanner, came from Wales in 

1634, was one of the earliest settlers of 
Ipswich, Mass., the next year removed 
to Newbury, Mass., and 1638 to R. I. 
William made freeman in Newbury, 
1633, in that year removed to Hampton, 
N. H., no male issue. 

EASTY or ESTY 

Jeffrey, land granted at Salem, Mass., 

1637. 

EATON 

Surname of Welsh and Saxon origin, 
in Welsh au means water, tayn a small 
hill. Autyn called Eyton, a small hil¬ 
lock near the water. In Saxon ea 
means water and ton, town. There are 
several parishes of that name in Eng. 
The English family trace their ances¬ 
try to Bangue Thane of Lochabar, 1000. 
Francis, Mayflower passenger, carpen¬ 
ter, removed to Duxbury, Mass., 1633. 
John, bapt. Eng., 1611, came to N. E., 

1635, made freeman at Watertown, 
Mass., 1636, same year removed to 
Dedham, Mass. 

John, manufacturer of stoves, on rec¬ 
ord at Salisbury, Mass., 1639, removed 
to Haverhill, Mass., 1646. 

Jonas, son of Peter, brother of Wil¬ 
liam, settled as early as 1637 at Water¬ 


fa- 


town, Mass., removed to Reading, 
Mass., 1647. 

Peter, son of William, XX generation 
from Bangue, settled at Watertown, 
Mass., 1637, removed to Reading, 
Mass., 1644. 

Theophilus, son of Richard, vicar 
of Great Badworth, Cheshire, b. Stony 
Stratford, Bucks, Eng., came in 1637 
to Boston, Mass., and in 1638 removed 
to New Haven, Conn. 

Thomas was at Haverhill, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1659. 

Thomas, an inhabitant of Reading, 
Mass., 1659. 

Thomas, a freeman at Dedham, Mass., 
1681. 

William, husbandman, b. Eng., 1604, 
brother of Peter, came from Staples, 
Kent, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 1637, 
removed to Reading, Mass., 1644. 
EAYRS 

Moses, b. Eng., about 1640, lived at 
Boston and Dorchester, Mass., sup¬ 
posed to be a relative of Rev. Simon 
Eayrs, who settled at Watertown, 
Mass., 1635. 

EBORNE or EBURNE 

Thomas, tanner, was a freeman at Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1634. 

ECCLES 

A church from a Greek word signify¬ 
ing an assembly, a church. 

Richard, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1642. 

EDDY 

In the Gaelic Eddee signifies an in¬ 
structor, or from the Saxon Ed back¬ 
wards and ea water, a current of water 
running back, a whirlpool; Edd in 
Welsh signifies motion, Eddu to go, 
to move. 

John, son of Rev. William Eddy of 
Cranbrook, Kent, Eng., b. Eng. about 
1595, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1634, 
removed to Watertown, Mass., 1634. 
Samuel, brother of the .preceding, came 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1630. 

EDENDON, EDDINGTON 

Edmund was at Scituate, Mass., 1641* 
removed to Boston, Mass., 1642. 

EDES 

John, son of John, grandson of John, 
b. Lawford, Essex, Eng., settled at 
Charleston, Mass., before 1674. 
William came to Salem, Mass., 1629. 
EDGARTON or EGERTON 

Richard settled at Saybrook, Conn., in 
i 6S3, was at Norwich, Conn. 


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lxxv 


EDGECOMB 

A place name from the Manor of 
Edgecomb, Devonshire, Eng., signifies 
the “edge of the valley.” 

John was at New London, Conn., 1670. 
Nicholas came from Devonshire, Eng., 
as early as 1639, settled at Scarborough, 
Maine, removed to Saco, Maine, 1660. 
EDGERLY 

Thomas was a resident of Oyster 
river, now Durham, N. H., 1665. 
EDMASTER 

John was an inhabitant of Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1678. 

EDMONSON 

William was in R. I., in 1672. 
EDMUNDS or EDMONDS 

From the Saxon word meaning happy 
peace. 

Andrew, b. Eng., 1639, was at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1675, afterwards at War¬ 
wick, R. I. 

James, merchant, was a resident of 
Boston, Mass.; had been before this 
located at Salem, Mass. 

John was at Hartford, Conn., 1639. 
John, a freeman at Charlestown, Mass., 
1631. 

Robert swore fidelity to Mass., in 
Maine, 1674. 

Samuel was at Concord, Mass., 1645. 
^Valter, b. Eng., settled in Concord, 
v^Mass., 1638, removed to Charlestown, 
Mass. 


Rice, joiner, b. Eng., about 1615, was 
a resident of Salem, Mass., 1642, re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass., 1646. 

Robert, b. 1613, came from London, 
Eng., to Concord, Mass., in 1635. 
Thomas, shoemaker, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1637, removed to Lynn or Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass. 

Thomas was a resident of Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1648. 

William, son of Rev. Richard Ed¬ 
wards of Wales, came with his step¬ 
father, William Coles, in 1630 to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., settled at Hartford, Conn., 
1636. 

William was at Taunton, Mass., 1643, 
afterwards removed to Lynn, Mass., 
thence to Easthampton, L. I. 1650. 
William was at Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

EELLS, ELLS, EELS, or EALES 

John, came from Eng., and was made 
a freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 1634, 
removed to Hingham, Mass., and in 
1645 was at Newbury, Mass., there called 
“beehive maker.” 

EGERTON 

John, son of John, Earl of Bridge- 
water, came to Saybrook, Conn., 1632; 
he returned to Eng., to succeed to his 
father’s title. 

Richard, brother of the preceding, 
founder of the family in America, came 
to Saybrook, Conn., 1632, is on record 
at Norwich, Conn., 1655. 


William, tailor, a freeman at Lynn, EGGLESTON 

Mass., 1635. From the Welsh or British Egles, a 

church, and tun or dun, a hill—the 
church the hill. 

Begat b. Eng., about 1590, came to 
Dorchester, ' Mass., 1630, removed to 
Windsor, Conn., 1636. 


EDSALL or EDSELL 

Thomas, turner, was at Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

EDISON 

Deacon Samuel, bapt. Fillongley, Eng., 
1613, admitted inhabitant in 1639 at 
Salem, Mass., removed to Bridgewater, 
Mass., 1650. 

EDWARDS 

From the Saxon meaning happy keeper. 
Alexander came from Wales to 
Springfield, Mass., 1642, removed to 
Northampton, Mass., 1654. 

John inhabitant of Wethersfield, 1640, 
previous to this was at Watertown, 
Mass. 

John was at Ipswich, Mass., before 
1660. 

John was a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., prior to 1687. 

Matthew came from London, Eng., to 
Reading, Mass. 


EGLIN 

William was at Boston, Mass., about 
1667. 

ELA 

Daniel, tanner, was a resident of Hav¬ 
erhill, Mass., in 1675. 

ELCOCK 

Daniel, resided at New Haven, Conn., 
in 1&57. 

ELDER 

Daniel, inhabitant of Dorchester, 
Mass., 1667. 

ELDERKIN 

John settled at Lynn, Mass., 1637; was 
at Dedham, Mass., 1641; Reading, 
Mass., 1646, two years later Providence, 
R. I., at New London, Conn., 1651, fin¬ 
ally settled at Norwich, Conn., 1664. 


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ELDERTON 

John was at Providence, R. I. in 1645. 
ELDRED 

The name of several Saxon kings. 
From Saxon, signifying all reverent 
fear. 

John an inhabitant of Hampton, N. H., 
1640. 

Sgt. Samuel, b. Eng., 1620, a resident 
of Cambridge, Mass., 1646, afterwards 
at Medford and Chelsea, Mass., later 
Kingstown, R. I., 1668 at Wickford, R. 
I. 

Thomas, ship carpenter, was a resident 
of Boston, Mass., 1670. 

ELDRIDGE 

The family of Scotch origin. 

James an inhabitant of Stonington, 
Conn., 1670. 

Nathaniel, resided at Windsor, Conn., 
1642. 

Robert settled at Yarmouth, Mass., 

1657. 

Samuel, brother of the preceding, was 
of Cambridge, Mass., removed to Ston¬ 
ington, Mass., 1670. 

William, brother of the preceding, set¬ 
tled at Yarmouth, Mass., 1657. 

ELIOT, ELLIOT, or ELLIOTT 

Surname signifies the son of Elias; 
Heliat in Welsh and Cornish British, 
a huntsman, a pursuer. English line 
traces to time of William the Con¬ 
queror. 

Andrew, son of William, came from 
Somersetshire, Eng., to Beverly, Mass., 
1670. 

Daniel was at Sudbury or Marlboro, 
Mass., 1687. 

Edmund, planter, was at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1652, removed to Amesbury, 
Mass., 1659. 

Francis, youngest brother of the 
Apostle. 

John b. Eng., made freeman at Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1641. 

Jacob, elder brother of Rev. John, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1631. 

Rev. John, son of Bennett of Widford, 
Herefordshire, Eng., b. Nazing, Essex, 
Eng., 1603, came to Boston, Mass., 163:, 
afterwards settled in Natick and Rox- 
bury, Mass. 

John was resident of Watertown, 
Mass., 1633. 

John took oath of allegiance at Ames¬ 
bury, Mass., 1677. 

Joseph was at New London, Conn., 
1667, removed to Stonington, Conn. 


Philip, brother of Rev. John, made * 
freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 1636. 
Robert was at Casco, Maine, 1670, re¬ 
moved to Scarborough, Maine, 1685, af¬ 
terwards at Portsmouth, N. H. 
William in 1634 came to Ipswich, 

Mass., from Salisbury, Wiltshire, Eng., 
was drowned the following year, no 

male issue. 

ELISTONE or ELLISTON 

George was a freeman in Boston, 

Mass., 1690. 

ELITHORP or ELITHROP 

Nathaniel was at Ipswich, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1663. 

ELKINS 

Christopher was at Scarborough, 

Maine, 1663. 

Eleazer was an inhabitant of Exeter, 
N. H. in 1677. 

Gershom took the oath of allegiance at 
Hampton, N. H., 1677. 

Henry, tailor, b. Eng., came to Boston 
Mass., 1634. 

ELLERY 

William first appears on record at 
Gloucester, Mass., 1663. 

ELLINGWOOD 

Ralph came to Salem, Mass., 1637, and 
was one of the founders of a church at 
Beverly, Mass., 1667. 

ELLINS or ELLINGS 

Anthony sent to Portsmouth, N. H. 
by Mason the patentee, made freeman 
of Mass., 1674. 

ELLIS 

A contraction from Elias, William Alis 
was a renowned Norman Lord, a mem¬ 
ber of a family of upper Normandy 
which had its seat at Alis or Alisay 
near Pont de L’Arche, Normandy. 
John, Welsh descent, was made free¬ 
man at Dedham, Mass., 1641, one of 
the founders of Medfield, Mass. 

John was at Sandwich, Mass., 1641. 
Joseph made freeman of Mass., 1663. 
Richard an inhabitant of Dedham, 
Mass., 1650. 

Roger was at Yarmouth, Mass., prior 
to 1648. 

Thomas bapt. Wrenham, Eng., 1629, 
was at Medfield, Mass., 1649. 

ELLISON or ELLISSON 

Lawrence b. Eng., about 1590, settled 
at Watertown, Mass., removed to 
Wethersfield, Conn., and 1644 to Hemp¬ 
stead, L. I. 


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lxxvii 


ELLMES 

Rhodolphus came at the age of fifteen 
to Scituate, Mass., 1635. 

ELLSWORTH 

Place name from a small village, a few 
miles from Cambridge, Eng. 

Jeremiah was at Rowley, Mass., 1650. 
Sgt. Josiah, son of John of Cam¬ 
bridge, Eng., a merchant of London, b. 
1629, was in Conn, as early as 1646, set¬ 
tled at Windsor, Conn., 1654. 

ELMER or ELMORE 

In the Domesday Book in 1086, the 
earliest record of land titles in Eng., 
the name appears as “Elmer habet.” 
Edward, b. Quinton, Northamptonshire, 
Eng., 1604, came from Braintree, Es¬ 
sex, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1632. He 
removed to Cambridge, Mass., and 
1636 to Hartford, Conn. One of the 
first settlers at Northampton, Mass., 
1654, returned 1660 and purchased 
lands in what is now South Windsor. 
ELSE or ELZIE 

Elisha was. freeman at Newbury, 
Mass., 1673. 

Nicholas was an inhabitant of New 
Haven, Conn., 1639. 

Roger came to Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
ELSON, ELSEN or ELSING 

Abraham was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1638; no male issue. 

John, brother of the preceding was an 
inhabitant of Wethersfield as early as 
1638. 

ELTHAN 

William, inhabitant of Woburn, Mass., 
1690. 

ELTON 

Place name, the derivation from Saxon 
words ael an eel, and ton, town, a town 
abounding in eels. Family seat in Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng. 

John came from Bristol, Eng., and was 
at Middletown, Conn., prior to 1672. 
ELWELL 

Robert was a resident of Dorchester, 
Mass., 1634, afterwards removed to Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., and was at Gloucester, 
Mass., 1648. 

ELY 

A place name from Ely, Cambridge¬ 
shire, Eng., signifies the place of wil¬ 
lows from Cornish British, and Welsh 
Helig, Latin Salix. 

Nathaniel b. Tenterden, Kent, 1605, 
located at Cambridge, Mass., 1632, an 
original settler at Hartford, Conn., 
1636, one of the founders of Norwalk, 
Conn., and in 1659 went to Springfield, 
Mass. 


Richard, merchant, b. Hampshire, Eng., 
1610, came from Plymouth, Eng.; 1660- 
63 to Boston, Mass., afterwards located 
at Lyme, Conn. 

EMERSON 

From Saxon Emar, from Ethelmar, 
noble, son of the noble. The family 
traces back to Armeric, archdeacon of 
Carlisle and Durham, 1196-1214. The 
first to use the name was Johannes 
Emeryson of Branelpeth parish, county 
of Durham, Eng., who was born be¬ 
fore 1300. In the thirteenth century 
appears the name of Richardus fil 
Emerici. 

John, baker, was at Ipswich, Mass., 
1635, removed to Scituate, Mass., and 
was married in 1638 at Duxbury, Mass. 
Robert was at Rowley, Mass., as early 
as 1655, made freeman at Haverhill, 
Mass., 1668. 

Thomas, baker, son of Robert, son of 
Thomas, a resident of Great Dunmow, 
Essex, h. Bishop Stortford, Eng., 1584, 
settled at Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 

EMERY 

The surname was borne in France be¬ 
fore the twelfth century. 

Gilbert D. Amory of Tours was a fol¬ 
lower of William the Conqueror. 
Anthony, carpenter, son of John, b. 
Romsey, Hants, Eng., 1600, came to N. 
E. 1635, locating at Newbury, Mass., 
in 1644 removed to Dover, N. H., af¬ 
terwards Kittery, Maine, in 1662 was a 
resident of Portsmouth, N. H. 

James was made a freeman at Kittery, 
Maine, in 1652. 

John, brother of Anthony, b. Romsey, 
Hants, Eng., 1598, settled at Newbury, 
Mass., in 1635. 

EMMONS 

Henry, a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1690. 

Thomas on record at Newport, R. I., 
1639, a freeman at Boston, Mass., 1652. 
ENDICOTT 

Gilbert, b. Eng., 1648, Kennebunk, 
Maine, 1677. 

John, b. Dorchester, Eng., 1589, came 
to Salem, Mass., 1628. 

William was an inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., 1686. 

ENGLAND 

John was a resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1647 removed to Branford, 
Conn., where he died 1655. No male 
issue. 

ENGLISH or ENGLES 

Clement was at Salem, Mass., 1667. 



lxxviii 


Maudett was an inhabitant of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., as early as 16^9. 

William, shoemaker, a resident of 
Ipswich, Mass., 1638, was admitted an 
inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 1652. 
£N 0 or ENNOE 

James was at Windsor, Conn., 1646. 
ENSIGN 

Family seated in Norfolk, Essex, and 
other counties as early as 1395. 

James was made a freeman at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1635, removed in 1639 to 
Hartford, Conn. 

Thomas was married at Scituate, 
Mass., 1639, and was resident of Dux- 
bury, Mass., 1656. 

EPES or EPPES 

Daniel, son of Daniel came from Kent, 
Eng., 1637 to Ipswich, Mass. 

ERRINGTON 

Abraham an inhabitant of Cambridge, 
Mass., 1649. 

Thomas was at Lynn, Mass., 1642, af¬ 
terwards at Charlestown, Mass., made 
freeman at Warwick, R. I., 1655. 
ERWIN 

from Welsh Erwyn, very fair, white, 
Gaelic Urfiom, beautiful, fair. 

Edward was a resident of Dover, N. 
H, 1658. 

ESSET 

William died at Boston, Mass., 1697. 

ESTERBROOK or EASTERBROOK 

Rev. Joseph, b. Enfield, Middlesex, 
Eng., 1640, came to Concord, Mass., 
1660, was ordained 1664. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1629, settled at Concord, Mass., 
and in 1669 settled at Swanzey, Mass. 
ESTEN 

Thomas swore allegiance to Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1682. 

ESTES 

The surname is derived from a colony 
planted by Rome, fifteen miles south of 
Padua, named Ateste or Este, the lat¬ 
ter plural used to represent the whole 
family. 

Matthew, son of Robert, of Dover, 
Eng., b. 1645, came to N. E. before 1676, 
was at Dover, N. H., afterwards at 
Portsmouth, N. H. 

Richard, weaver, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, b. Eng., 1647, joined his brother 
at Portsmouth, N. H. 

ESTON 

William was at Hampton, N. H., 1639. 
ETHEREDGE 

Edward was in Mass., 1646. 


EUSTIS 

William was at Charlestown, Mass., 
resided at Malden, Mass., and at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., ‘ 1695. 

EVANCE 

David, merchant, was at Boston, Mass., 

1654- 

EVANS 

The Welsh for John; Evan, eofn, fear¬ 
less, bold. 

David, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1654 - 

Henry, husbandman, made a freeman 
at Boston, Mass., 1645. 

John was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1640, 
afterwards at Hatfield, Mass., 1678. 
John was an inhabitant of Roxbury, 
Mass., before 1671. 

Nicholas b. Wales, came to Windsor, 
Conn., about 1680, afterwards removed 
to Simsbury, Conn. 

Philip was at Newbury, Mass., before 
1689. 

Richard was freeman at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1643. 

Richard was at Rehoboth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1681. 

Robert was a resident of Dover, N. H., 
1665. 

Thomas was at Dorchester, Mass., 
1640. 

Thomas resided at Salisbury, Mass., 
1686. 

William was at Taunton, Mass., 1643, 
afterwards at Gloucester, and Ipswich, 
Mass. 

EVARTS 

John admitted freeman at Concord, 
Mass., 1637-38. 

EVELETH 

John was a resident of Ipswich, Mass., 
1683. 

Sylvester, baker, at Boston, Mass., 
1642, removed to Gloucester, Mass., 
1647. 

EVERDEN 

Anthony took oath of allegiance at 
Providence, R. I., 1666. 

Thomas, a Quaker preacher, was at 
Salem, Mass., 1682. 

EVERED or EVEREST 

Andrew b. Eng., settled at York, Maine, 
1646. 

John, with a prefix of Webb for sur¬ 
name, came from Marlborough, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., 1635 to Boston, Mass., was 
at Chelmsford, Mass., 1663. No male 
issue. 


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/ 


lxxix 


EVEREST 

Isaac was at Guilford, Conn., before 
1677. 

EVERETT or EVERTS 

A corruption of Ever dr d from the 
Saxon, also the Greek signifying well 
reputed, ever honored. 

Francis was an inhabitant of Reading, 
Mass., 1675. 

Richard came from Eng., to N. E. and 
settled at Watertown, Mass., was at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1636, afterward re¬ 
moved to Dedham, Mass. 

EVERILL 

Abiel was a resident of Boston, Mass., 
1655. 

James admitted freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1634. 

EVERSON 

Richard settled in what is now Plymp- 
ton, Mass., before 1700. 

EVERTON 

William was at Manchester, Mass., 
1658 and was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1674. 

EWELL 

Place name from a town in Eng., Cor¬ 
nish British Ewhill, signifying high, 
tall. 

Henry, shoemaker, came from Sand¬ 
wich, Kent, to Scituate, Mass., removed 
to Barnstable, Mass., 1640. 

EWER 

Henry was at Sandwich, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas b. Eng., about 1595, came to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1635, removed to 
Barnstable, Mass., 1641. 

EWINGTON or EUINGTON 

Thomas was at Lynn, Mass., 1642, a 
freeman of R. I., 1655. 

EWSTEAD 

Richard came to Salem, Mass., with 
Higginson, 1629. 

EXELL or EXILE 

Richard was at Springfield, Mass., 
1646. 

EYRE or EYERS 

The same as Ayers (see). 

Simon, surgeon, came to Watertown, 
Mass., 1635, soon removed to Boston, 
Mass. 

FABENS or FABINS 

Surname derived from Latin Fabius, 
Faba, a bean, the bean, the bean-man 
so called for his success in cultivating 
beans. 

FABER 

From Latin, a workman, a smith. 
Joseph, cooper, b. 1611, came to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635. 



FACE 

Robert, carpenter, at Boston, Mass., 

1657- 

FAIRBANKS 

\ Jonathan, of English descent, b. York¬ 
shire, Eng., about 1600, came from 
Sowerby, West Riding, Yorkshire, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1633, and three 
years later removed to Dedham, Mass. 
Richard came to Boston, 1633, no male 
issue. 

FAIRCHILD 

The name originally Fairbairn, a fair, 
handsome bairn or child. 

The family of Scotch origin was seat¬ 
ed in Eng., in the fifteenth century. 
Thomas b. Eng., among the first set¬ 
tlers of New Haven, Conn., in 1646, 
was at Stratford, Conn. 

FAIRFIELD 

Daniel was at Boston, Mass., before 
1639. 

Daniel resided at Weymouth, Mass., 
1666. 

John came from Ireland to Eng., was 
resident of Charlestown, Mass., 1638, 
removed to Wenham, Mass., no issue. 
FAIRMAN or FIRMAN 

John came from Suffolk, Eng., was at 
Watertown, Mass., 1630. 

Josiah, freeman at Boston, Mass., 1640, 
Thomas, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 
1641. 

FAIRWEATHER or FAYERWEATHER 
Thomas came in Winthrop’s fleet, 
made freeman at Boston, Mass., 1634,. 
FALCONER 

David at Boston, Mass., 1656. 

FALES 

From Fale, a river at Cornwall, Eng., 
also a rough, rocky place. 

James, b. Eng., about 1600, came from 
Cheshire, Eng., to Dedham, Mass., 1630. 
John was at Wrentham, Mass., before 
1684. 

FALLAND 

Thomas, freeman at Yarmouth, Mass., 
1641. 

FALLOWAY or FALLOWELL 

Gabriel admitted freeman at Plymouth, 
Mass., 1640. 

FANE 

Henry, turner, was at Boston, Mass., 
1648. 

FANNING 

Edmund came from Ireland, settled at 
New London, Conn., 1653, afterwards 
resided at Groton, Conn. 

Thomas married at Watertown, Mass., 
i65S- 


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William was at Newbury, Mass., 
where he married, 1668. 

FARGO 

MOSES was at New London, Conn., 
1680. 

FARLEY 

George, son of Fabian, b. 1619, settled 
at Woburn, Mass., one of the propri¬ 
etors of Billerica, Mass., 1640. 
Michael, brother of the preceding, was 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1675. 

FARMAN 

From German Fahr-mann, master of a 
ferry-boat. 

Ralph, barber-surgeon, came from 
London, Eng., one of the first settlers 
of Andover, Mass. 

FARMER 

Edward, son of John Ansley, near Ath- 
erstone, Warwickshire, Eng., came to 
Billerica, Mass., 1671. 

FARNHAM or FARNUM. 

Surname from a town in Surrey, Eng., 
so called from Saxon Fearn, fern, and 
ham, a habitation or village—the vil¬ 
lage in the place overgrown with fern. 
Robert de Farnham was a companion 
of William the Conqueror. The fam¬ 
ily was seated at Querndon House, 
Gloucestershire, Eng., line of Henrv 
III. 

Henry, joiner, was at Roxbury, Mass., 
1644, was an inhabitant of Killing- 
worth, Conn., 1666. 

John, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1640. 

John married in Andover, Mass., 
1667. 

John, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1654. 

Peter, early settler of Killingworth, 
Conn. 

Ralph, a descendant of Robert, b. 
Eng., 1603, came from Surrey, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., 1635, was proprietor at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1639, removed to And¬ 
over, Mass. 

FARNSWORTH 

A place name from two places in Eng., 
one in the parish of Prescott near Liv¬ 
erpool, the other in the parish of Dean 
in the Hundred of Salford near Man¬ 
chester, Eng. It is Anglo-Saxon from 
fearn, fern, and worth, a place signify¬ 
ing place of ferns. The English rec¬ 
ords as early as 1297 record the name 
of Roger de Farnworth. 

Joseph, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1639. 

Matthias, weaver, b. 1612 was resident 


of Lynn, Mass., 1657, a proprietor at 
Groton, Mass., 1661. 

FARR 

From Gaelic and Welsh Fazvr same as 
Mawr, Gaelic and Welsh. 

George, shipwright, b. Eng., 1594, came 
to Salem, Mass., 1629, removed to Lynn, 
Mass., finally to Ipswich, Mass. 

James was at Newport, R. I., 1638. 
Thomas was a resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1645. 

FARRABAS 

Daniel was a resident of Cambridge, 
Concord, and Marlboro, Mass. 
FARRAND 

Nathaniel was at Milford, Conn., 

1645- 

FARRAR 

The name is a corruption of Farrier, 
name of a trade from old French word 
fenier, a horse-shoer; Pfarrer in Ger¬ 
man is a minister. Gualkeline or Wal- 
keline de Farraris was a Norman of 
distinction attached to William, Duke 
of Normandy before the invasion of 
Eng. 

Jacob came from Lancashire, one of the 
incorporators of Lancaster, Mass., 1653, 
killed by Indians, 1675. 

John, brother of the preceding was at 
Woburn, Mass., and at Lancaster, 
Mass., 1653. 

Thomas, a resident of Lynn, Mass., 
1639. 

FARRINGTON 

An old Saxon name same as Ferndon, 
signifying fernhill. There are parishes 
and towns in Eng., named Farrington. 
The ancient family of Farringtons lived 
at the time of the Conquest at Shaw 
Hall in Lancashire. 

Edmund b. Eng., 1587-88, came from 
Olney, Buckinghamshire, Eng., and 
was proprietor at Lynn, Mass., as early 
as 1638, having arrived in N. E., 1635. 
John, son of Edmund Farrington, b. 
Olney, Buckinghamshire, came to 
Mass., 1635, was proprietor at Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1646. 

FARROW 

George was an inhabitant of Ipswich, 
Mass., 1637. 

John came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1635. 

FARWELL 

The English ancestor in 1280 was Rich¬ 
ard Farwell. 

Henry, son of John, of Hill Bishop, 
Eng., was in 1639, among the first set¬ 
tlers of Concord, Mass. / 



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Thomas was at Taunton, Mass., 1639; 
his son John, the only one of the chil¬ 
dren there is any record of, returned 
to Eng. 

FASSETT or FASSELL 

From French Fausette, falsehood, 
cheat. 

John was a freeman at Dedham, Mass., 
1654. 

FAULKNER 

From the German, signifying a catcher 
or trainer of hawks. 

Edmund b. Eng., 1625, came first to 
Salem, Mass., settled at Andover^ 
Mass., 1648. 

FAUNCE 

John came as young man to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1623. 

FAVOR or FEAVER 

Philip was married at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1689. 

FAWER or FOWER 

Barnabas came from Eng. to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635. 

FAWNE 

John was freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 

1635- 

FAXON or FAXSON 

Philip, b. 1660, was a resident of Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., 1688. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1601, settled at Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1647, removed to Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., where he was made free¬ 
man 1657. 

FAY 

From Spanish word Fe, faith. In Nor¬ 
mandy, plantations of beech were called 
Faye or Fayel. It first appears as pa¬ 
tronymic in 1173, was originally identi¬ 
fied with Foy. 

Henry, weaver, died at Newbury, 
Mass., 1655. 

John, son of John, b. Eng., 1648, came 
a youth of eight years to N. E., first 
resided at Watertown, Mass., after¬ 
wards settled at Sudbury, Mass., was 
at Marlboro, Mass., 1675. 

FEAKE 

Henry was at Lynn, Mass., 1630, a 
freeman in 1634, removed to Sandwich, 
Mass., before 1643. 

Robert came with Winthrop, 1630, set¬ 
tled at Watertown, Mass. 

FEARING 

John came from Cambridge, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638, in the employ of 
Matthew Hawke. 

FELAH 

A corruption of Welsh. 

Henry, b. Wales, 1585, was at Glouces¬ 


ter, Mas . before 1642, at that time 
settled at Watertown, Mass. 

FELLOWS 

More commonly spelled in Eng. Fel- 
lowes; the word fellow in some dia¬ 
lects signified a young unmarried man 
—a servant engaged in husbandry. The 
name dates back to the twelfth cen¬ 
tury on the Hundred Rolls appearing 
as Le Felove, Le Felawes, Fellowe. 
Richard was at Hartford, Conn., 1643, 
removed to Springfield, Mass., 1659. 
soon after to Northampton, Mass., in 
1661 to Hatfield, Mass. 

Samuel, b. England, 1619, settled at 
Salisbury, Mass., 1639. 

William, shoemaker, brother of the 
preceding, son of William Fellowes, 
London, Eng., b. St. Albans, Hertford¬ 
shire, Eng., 1609, came to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1635. 

FELMINGHAM or FILLINGHAM 

Francis, b. 1605, came from Brampton, 
Suffolk, Eng., 1637 to Salem, Mass., the 
following year granted land at Wen- 
ham, Mass. 

FELT 

Fel in the Dutch signifies fierce, violent, 
also local, a rock place, barren and 
stonyhills, uninclosed place, a moor, a 
valley. 

George, Welsh descent, b. 1601, came to 
N. E. with Gov. Endicott, 1628, on rec¬ 
ord at Charlestown, Mass., 1633, re¬ 
moved to Casco, Maine, 1663, died at 
Malden, 1693, where he had resided 
since 1689. 

FELTON 

Place name from a small town in Eng., 
a rocky or stony hill. 

Benjamin came to Salem, Mass., 1635, 
made a freeman in 1639. 

Nathaniel, brother of the preceding, 
b. Eng., 1615, settled at Salem, Mass., 

1633- . ' ’ 

FENN 

Benjamin b. Eng., 1612, came from the 
parish of Whittington, Masworth, Eng., 
to Dorchester, Mass., 1630, where he 
was a proprietor, in 1637 removed to 
New Haven, Conn., thence to Milford, 
Conn. 

Robert came from London, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., was also resident of Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., before 1644. 

FENNER 

Arthur b. Eng., 1622, settled as early 
as 1650 at Providence, R. I. 

John a resident of Saybrook, Conn. 


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Robert was a resident of Stamford, 
Conn., 1641. 

Thomas, b. Eng., died at Branford, 
Conn., 1647. 

William, brother of Arthur, was at 
Providence, R. I., 1645. 

William was a proprietor at Saybrook, 
Conn., before 1673. 

FENNO 

John came from Lancashire, Eng., was 
a resident of Milton, Mass., 1660. 
FENTON 

From Welsh or British, a well. 

Robert was at Woburn, Mass., before 
1688. 

FERGUSON 

The name simply means son of Fer¬ 
gus ; an ancient Scotch personal name; 
it was prominent throughout Scotland 
as early as 1466. Fergus was first King 
of Scotland; the plaid of the clan is 
green and black with red and white 
lines through it, the badge a sunflower 
or foxglove. 

Daniel, an early settler of Maine, was 
living in 1659 in Upper Eliot in that 
province. 

FERNALD 

The English ancestor in 1497 was John 
Fernol. 

Reginald, surgeon, son of Capt. Wil¬ 
liam, b. Eng., 1595, came to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1630. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
at Portsmouth, N. H., 1631. 
FERNESIDE, FERNISIDE or FARNY- 
SEEDE 

John was married at Duxbury, Mass., 
1643, removed to Boston, Mass. 
FERRIS 

A corruption of Ferrers, from Feror- 
ieres, a small town of Gastinors, France, 
so called from the iron mines in which 
the country abounded. In Welsh fferis 
signifies steel. 

Jeffrey, freeman at Watertown, Mass., 
1635, one of the first settlers of Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., removed to Stamford, 
Conn. 

Zachariah came from Reading, Eng., 
to Charlestown, Mass., 1673, afterwards 
went to Stamford, Conn. 

FERRY 

Charles b. Eng., 1635, came to Spring- 
field, Mass., 1661. 

FESSENDEN 

John, b. Kent, Eng., about 1600, came 
from Canterbury, Eng., to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1636. 

Nicholas, b. Eng., 1650, came to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1674. 


FEVERYEAR 

Edward was married at Salem, Mass., 
1664. 

FIELD 

The name correctly written is De la 
Field or De La Feld. Sir Hubertus De 
la Feld settled in the counties of Lan¬ 
cashire and Kent, Eng. Roger del Feld 
was the English ancestor, 1240. 
Alexander, shoemaker, was at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1640, removed to Salem, 
Mass., 1642, was at New Haven, Conn., 
1649. 

Daniel took oath of allegiance at Prov¬ 
idence, R. I., 1671. 

Darby, son of John, tenth generation 
from Roger del Feld, b. Boston, Eng., 
1610, came to Boston, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved to Exeter, N. H., 1638, and ten 
years later was at Dover, N. H. 

„ George was at Boston, Mass., before 
1655, removed to Salisbury, Mass. 
James, freeman at Dedham Mass., 1683. 
John, b. Eng., appears on record at 
, Providence, R. I., as early as 1637; was 
at Bridgewater, Mass., 1655. 

Robert, tailor, brother of Darby, Berk¬ 
shire, Eng., came to N. E. in 1635, was 
at Providence, R. I., 1638, removed to 
Boston, Mass., 1650, was at Saco, 
Maine, 1653. 

William was at Providence, R. I., be¬ 
fore 1643. 

Zachariah, b. East Ardsley, York¬ 
shire, Eng., 1596, came to N. E. 1629, 
later settled at Dorchester, Mass., in 
1636, removed to Hartford, Conn., in 
1659 to Northampton, Mass., was one 
of the original settlers at Hatfield, 
Mass., 1666. 

FIFIELD 

Has the same signification as Mann- 
field, lands held in fee or fief for which 
individual pays service or owes rent. 
The family is of Scotch descent, and 
some authorities say that the name is a 
union of the county of Fife in Scot¬ 
land with the name of Field. 


Giles married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1652, removed to Hampton, N. H., re¬ 
turned 1663 to Charlestown. 

William came from Eng., to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634, removed to Newbury, 
Mass., and 1639 to Hampton, N. H. 
FILER or FYLER 

Walter came from Eng., to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1634, removed to Windsor, 
Conn., 1636. 

FILLEBROWN 

Thomas was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1658, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1666. 


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FILLEY 

From a town in Eng., by that name. 
Filid, in Gaelic, a poet, a bard. 
William was at Windsor, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1640. 

FINCH 

Abraham made freeman at Watertown, 
Mass., 1634, removed the following 
, year to Wethersfield, Conn. 

Daniel, brother of the preceding, came 
to N. E. in Winthrop’s fleet, located at 
Watertown, Mass., among the first set¬ 
tlers of Wethersfield, Conn., thence to 
Stamford, Conn., one of the original 
proprietors of Fairfield, Conn., 1653. 
John, brother of the preceding, was at 
Watertown, Mass., 1630, removed in 
1637 to Wethersfield, Conn. 

Joseph was at Greenwich, Conn., 1672. 
Samuel, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 
1634. 

FINNEY 

From Gaelic Finne, genitive of Fionn, 
fair, sincere, true; bringing to an end, 
a head chief. The name may be also 
local from Fines, a place in France. 
The more common spelling of this 
name is Phinney. 

John was at Plymouth, Mass., as early 
as 1643. 

Robert an inhabitant of Plymouth, 
Mass., 1643. 

FISH 

Gabriel an early inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., removed 1638 to Exeter, N. H. 
Returned to Boston, Mass. 

John was at Lynn, Mass., removed 
1637 to Sandwich, Mass. 

John was freeman at Portsmouth, R. 
I., 1655, afterwards at Stonington, 

Conn., about 1670. 

Jonathan, brother of John and Na¬ 
thaniel, b. Eng., about 1610, came to N. 
E., 1635, settled at Lynn, Mass., 1637, 
removed to Salisbury, Mass., before 
1659, finally removed to Middleburg or 
Newtown, L. I. 

Nathaniel was at Sandwich, Mass., 
1643. 

Robert married at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1686. 

Thomas was at Portsmouth, R. I., 1655. 
William was at Windsor, Conn., 1647, 
made a freeman 1669. 

FISHER 

Anthony, son of Anthony of Syleham, 
Suffolk, Eng., was bapt. at that place 
1591, settled at Dedham, Mass., 1637. 
Anthony was a freeman at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1645. 


Daniel settled at Taunton, Mass., 
amongst the early settlers, where he 
married in 1666. 

Edward freeman at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1655. 

Eleazer was married at Wrentham, 
Mass., 1688. 

Joshua, brother of the first Anthony, 
came to N. E., 1640, settled at Dedham, 
Mass., afterwards at Medfield, Mass. 
Oliver was at Wrentham, Mass., 1689. 
Samuel was married at Boston, Mass., 

1659. 

Samuel, a resident of Wrentham, Mass., 
as early as 1670. 

Thomas came from Winston, Eng., to 
Cambridge, Mass., 1634, removed to 
Dedham, Mass., 1637. 

William was married at Marshfield, 
Mass., 1684. 

FISKE 

The surname is from the French word 
Fisc, revenue, public funds. Daniel 
Fisc of Laxfield, Suffolk in 1208, re¬ 
ceived a grant of lands. Lord Symond 
Fiske was Lord of the Manor of Stand- 
hough, parish of Laxfield, Suffolk, 1399- 
1422. 

Benjamin married at Medfield, Mass., 
1674. 

David was at Watertown, Mass., 1637. 
James, son of Thomas of Suffolk, Eng., 
was at Salem, Mass., 1641, removed to 
Haverhill, Mass. 

Rev. John, eighth generation from Lord 
Symond Fiske, brother of David, was 
proprietor at Dedham, Mass., 1638, af¬ 
terward removed to Watertown, Mass. 
Nathan, brother of David and John 
was freeman at Watertown, Mass., 1643, 
soon after removed to Wrentham, 
Mass. 

FITCH 

James, tailor, b. 1605, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, was at what is now Brook¬ 
line, Mass., 1638. 

Rev. James, b. Bocking, Essex, Eng., 
1622, came to N. E., 1638, was at Say- 
brook, Conn., settled at Norwich, Conn., 

1660, and 1696 was a resident of Leb¬ 
anon, Conn. 

Jeremiah was at Lynn, Mass., 1634, 
removed to Reading, Mass., 1644. 

John a resident of Windsor, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1676. 

John married at Gloucester, Mass., 
1667. 

Joseph, brother of Rev. James, son of 
Thomas, came from Braintree, Eng., to 
N. E., with his mother, 1638, was at 


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Norwalk, Conn., 1652, removed to 
Northampton, Mass., 1655 and 1660 
Hartford, Conn., finally to Windsor, 
Conn. 

Richard, brother of James, came N. E., 
1635, was at what is now Brookline, 
Mass., 1638. 

Samuel, schoolmaster, was at Milford, 
Conn., 1644, at Hartford, 1650, two 
years later was living at Wethersfield, 
Conn. 

Thomas, brother of Rev. John, came to 
N. E., 1638, was at Norwalk, Conn., 
1652. 

Thomas, cordwainer, was at Boston, 
Mass., prior to 1656. 

■Zechary, brother of Rev. John, came 
to N. E., 1638 to Reading, Mass., where 
he was made a freeman. 

FITTS or FITZ 

The English ancestor John Fitts, 1428. 
Richard, son of Walter of Taver- 
stock, Devonshire, Eng., settled at Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1635, removed to New¬ 
bury, Mass. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1600, was property owner at Sal¬ 
isbury, Mass., 1639, afterwards removed 
to Ipswich, Mass. 

FITZRANDLE 

Edward was at Scituate, Mass., 1637, 
was resident of Barnstable, 1639. 
FLACK 

From Dutch Vlak, flat, low ground. 
Cotton was at Boston, Mass., 1634, 
afterward was a resident of what is 
now Brookline, Mass. 

FLAGG or FLEGG 

Thomas, yeoman, b. Scratly, one of the 
hundred of East Flegg, Norfolk, Eng., 
came to N. E. as servant of Richard 
Carver, 1637, proprietor of Watertown, 
Mass., 1641. 

FLANDERS 

A native of Flanders, which took its 
name from Flandrina, wife of Liderick 
II, Prince of Buc, or from Flambert, 
the nephew of Clodion, King of France. 
Stephen b. Eng., about 1620, was at 
Salisbury, Mass., 1640. 

FLATMAN or FLACKMAN 

Thomas was a freeman at Braintree, 
Mass., 1640; previous to this was at 
Salem, Mass. 

FLEMING 

A native or inhabitant of Flanders 
(see). 

Abraham, husbandman, b. 1595 came 
to N. E., 1635. 


John was resident of Watertown, 
Mass., about 1639. 

Robert, granted lands at Stonington, 
Conn., 1669. 

FLETCHER 

A maker of arrows or superintendent 
of archery, from the French fleche, an 
arrow. 

S 

Edward, cutler, afterwards minister, 
admitted as a townsman in Boston, 
1640. No issue. 

Henry was at Reading, Mass., about 

1662. 

John was resident of Wethersfield, 
Mass., before 1641, removed to Milford, 
Conn., where he died 1662. 

Robert, Welsh and English descent, b. 
Eng., 1^92, came from Yorkshire, Eng., 
to Concord, Mass., 1630, was one of the 
founders of Chelmsford, Mass., after¬ 
wards resided at Middletown, Conn. 
FLINT 

Place name from a market town near 
the sea in Flintshire, Wales. 

Rev. Henry b. Matlock, Derbyshire, 
Eng., came to Boston, Mass., 1635, 
freeman at Braintree, Mass., 1636. 
Thomas, brother of Rev. Henry, came 
to Boston, Mass., and 1637 settled at 
Concord, Mass. 

Thomas b. Wales, mentioned in town 
records of Salem, Mass., 1650, he died 

1663. 

William, brother of the preceding, was 
at Salem, Mass., 1645. 

FLOOD or FLOYD 

From Welsh Fludd or Floyd, same 
meaning as Llwyd, brown, gray, hoary. 

Henry was at Boston, Mass., before 
1666. 

L James, inhabitant of Boston, as early 
as 1668. 

John, merchant, was at Scituate, Mass., 
1640, at Boston, Mass., 1653. 

Capt. John resided at Lynn, Mass., 
1680, removed to what is now Chelsea, 
Mass. 

Joseph resided at Dorchester, Mass., 

1635. 

Philip, originally from the Isle of 
Guernsey, Eng., came from N. J. to 
Newbury, Mass., 1680. 

Richard was at Boston, Mass., 1642. 
Robert b. 1620, was resident of Weth¬ 
ersfield, Mass., 1646. 

v FLOWER or FLOWERS 

Lamrock was inhabitant of Hartford, 
Conn., 1686. 


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FORTUN 2 

Eli; s resident of Marblehead, Mass., 
1674 

FORWARD 

Samuel came from Devonshire, Eng., 
about 1666 to Windsor, Conn. 
FOSDICK 

Stephen came from Lincolnshire, Eng., 
to Charlestown, Mass., 1635. 

FOSKETT 

John was householder at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1678, having been resident since 
1658. 

FOSS 

In Cornish British signifies entrench¬ 
ment, moat or ditch. Fos in Danish 
a waterfall, cataract. 

John settled at Dover, N. H., 1665. 
FOSTER 

A corruption of Forrester or forster. 
The first known of the name was in 
1065 when Sir Richard Forrester went 
with his brother-in-law William the 
Conqueror to Eng. 

Andrew b. Eng., 1579, made a freeman 
at Andover, Mass., 1669. 

Bartholomew married at Gloucester, 
Mass., 1669. 

Christopher b. Eng., 1603, settled at 
Lynn, Mass., 1635, removed to South¬ 
ampton, L. I. 

Edward, son of Timothy, b. Eng., 1610, 
came with his uncle Timothy Hatherly 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1623, settled at 
Scituate, Mass., 1633. 

Edward resident of Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

Edward married at Springfield, Mass., 
1661. 

Edward inhabitant of Middletown, 
Conn., 1670. 

Hopestill, brewer, son of Hopestill, 
came with mother at the age of four- 
N ~ teen to N. E., locating at Dorchester, 
Mass. 

John b. Eng., 1618, admitted freeman 
at Salem, Mass., 1649. 

Reginald b. Bramton, Eng., 1595, set¬ 
tled at Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 

Samuel b. Eng., 1619, was at Dedham, 
Mass., 1647, removed to Wenham, 
Mass., 1650 to Chelmsford, Mass., 1655. 
Thomas was at Boston, Mass., 1641. 
Thomas, freeman at Weymouth, Mass., 
1647, afterwards at Braintree and Bil¬ 
lerica, Mass. 

Thomas, son of John of Kingsware, 
Eng., was a resident of New London, 
Conn., 1666. 


Timothy b. Devonshire, Eng., came 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1623, returned to 
Eng., and came again to N. E., locating 
in 1633 a t Scituate, Mass. 

William a resident of Newport, R. I., 
1638. 

William, merchant, a resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1644. 

FOUNTAIN 

Originally de Fonte or De Fontibus 
from the springs or fountains near 
which they reside. 

Aaron married at New London, Conn., 
1680. 

FOWKES or FOOKS 

Henry freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1635, removed to Windsor, Conn., 
where he died in 1640, no issue. 
FOWLE, FOWLER or FOWLAR 

Occupation name from bird hunter, a 
sportsman who pursues wild-fowl. 
English ancestor Sir Richard Fowler. 
Ambrose resident of Windsor, Conn., 
1640, removed to Westfield, Mass., 
1671. 

George, Scotch descent, came to Mass., 
1638, locating at Concord, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Charlestown, Mass., spelled 
his name with the final r. 

Henry swore allegiance at Providence, 

R. I., 1655. 

Philip, clothworker, b. Eng., 1591-98, 
UG settled at Ipswich, Mass., 1634, coming 
from Marlborough, Wiltshire, Eng. 
Philip married at Malden, Mass., 1688. 
Samuel was at Salisbury, Mass., 1665. 
Thomas, merchant, came to Boston, 
Mass., before 1635, returned to Eng., 
1646. 

William came in party of Rev. John 
Davenport from Eng., to Boston, 
Mass., 1637, removed to New Haven, 
Conn., next year; 1661 settled at Mil¬ 
ford, Conn. 

FOWNELL 

John, miller, made freeman at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1645, removed to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1655. 

FOX 

Name taken from the cunning animal; 
in 1333 the Shanachs in Ireland angli¬ 
cized their name to Fox. 

David was married at Woburn, Mass., 

1678. 

Isaac inhabitant of. Medford, Mass., 

1679. 

Nicholas was at Marblehead, Mass., 

1674- 

Thomas, son of Samuel, grandson of 


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FOBES 

John was at Duxbury, Mass., 1636, was 
early at Bridgewater, Mass. 

FOGG 

Ralph was at Plymouth, Mass., 1633, 
removed to Salem, Mass., where he was 
made freeman 1634, returned to Eng., 
before 1652. 

Samuel b. Eng., 1600, came in Win- 
throp’s Fleet 1630 to N. E., 1638, set¬ 
tled at Hampton, N. H. 

FOLGER 

Place name Fougeres, town in France 
near the frontiers of Normandy. 

John came from Norwich, Norfolk, 
Eng., 1635, settled at Martha’s Vine¬ 
yard, Mass. 

FOLLANSBEE 

Thomas b. Eng., 1640, came to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., and 1667 removed to 
Newbury, Mass. 

FOLLET 

From French; frolicsome, merry, gay. 
John was at Dover, N. H., 1640. 
Philip was at Dover, N. H., 1671-5. 
Robert was an inhabitant of Salem, 
Mass., 1671. 

William resided at Dover, N. H., 1651. 
FOLSOM 

The name is derived from seat of the 
family Foulsham, Warwickshire, Eng., 
which took its name from being the 
home of many foutes (birds). The 
American branch is traced to Roger 
Foulsham of Nestin, Norfolk, Eng., 
whose will is dated 1534. 

Adam, son of Adam, grandson of Rog¬ 
er, came from Hingham, Eng., to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

John b. Eng., 1617, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, came in 1638 to Hingham, 
Mass., removed to Exeter, N. H., 1655. 
Nathaniel was at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1676. 

FONES 

The English ancestor of the family, 
William Fones, lived at Saxbie, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., in the early part of the 15th 
century. 

Capt. John settled at Newport, R. I., 
1659, afterwards lived at Jamestown 
and Kingstown, R. I. 

FOOTE or FOOT 

A place at the bottom of a hill or 
mountain, the base. 

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel, b. Eng., 
1593, came from Shalford, Colchester, 
Eng., and was made freeman at Water- 
town, Mass., 1634, removed to Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., 1636. 


Pasco was granted land at Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

FOOTMAN 

Thomas a resident of Dover, N. H., 
1648. 

FOP 

Daniel was at Hingham, Mass., 1635. 
FORBES 

From Saor Forba, lands free from mili¬ 
tary service, name of parish in Aber¬ 
deenshire, Scotland, granted by Alex¬ 
ander II, 1249 to the progenitor of the 
family, John De Forbes on record in 
1214. 

John b. Scotland, proprietor at Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., 1636, removed to Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1645. 

Daniel, of Scotch descent, b. 1620, was 
at Cambridge, Mass., 1656-60, after¬ 
wards removed to Concord, Mass., 
thence to Marlboro, Mass. 

FORBUSH, FORBISH or FORBAS 

Alexander married at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1674. 

Daniel b. about 1620, came from Kin- 
ellar, Scotland, and is recorded at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1662, settled at Marlboro, 
Mass., 1681. 

FORD 

Andrew, freeman in 1654 at Weymouth, 
Mass., afterwards at Abington, Mass. 
John came with his mother to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1621, removed late in life 
to Marshfield, Mass. 

Martin married at Bradford, Mass., 
1685. 

Matthew a proprietor at New Haven, 
Conn., 1685. 

Thomas came in 1630 to Dorchester, 
Mass. 

Thomas resided at Milford, Conn., 
1646. 

Thomas was at Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Timothy b. Eng., came to Charlestown, 
Mass., 1637, removed to New Haven, 
Conn., 1639. 

William, brother of John, settled in 
Duxbury, Mass., where his name ap¬ 
pears 1643 as able to bear arms. 
FORDHAM 

Place name a town in England, the 
house or village at the ford. 

Rev. Robert came to N. E. 1640, was at 
Cambridge and Sudbury, Mass., remov¬ 
ed to Southampton, R. I. 

FORT 

Abraham was at Boston, Mass., 1656. 


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John of Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng., 
b. 1608, freeman at Concord, Mass., 
1638, removed to Cambridge, Mass., 

1649. 

Thomas, a descendant of the author 
of the “Book of Martyrs,” freeman at 
„ Cambridge, Mass., 1644. 

FOXCRAFT or FOXCROFT 

Francis, son of Daniel, mayor of 
Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., in 1665, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1679. 

FOXWELL 

John was at Braintree, Mass., 1643. 
Richard, freeman at Salem or Boston, 
Mass., 1630; removed to Scituate, 
Mass., 1634; to Barnstable, Mass., 1646. 
Richard at Piscataqua, N. H., before 
1631, removed to Scarborough, Maine, 
in 1636. 

FOY 

Jeffrey, mariner, at Boston, Mass., 
1676, no issue. 

John, mariner, a resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1671. 

FRAILE 

George was at Lynn, Mass., 1637, pre¬ 
viously at Charlestown, Mass. 

FRAME 

Thomas, tailor, took oath of allegiance 
at Amesbury, Mass., 1677. 

FRANCIS 

From Saxon Frank, free. The ancient 
Franks inhabited part of Germany, 
conquered Gaul, changed the name to 
France. 

Francis was at Reading, Mass., 1657. 
John resident of Braintree, Mass., 

1650. 

Richard, bricklayer, b. Eng., proprietor 
at Cambridge, Mass., 1640, previous to 
this date was at Dorchester, Mass. 
Robert, resident of Wethersfield, Conn., 

1651. 

FRANKLIN 

In ancient Eng., a superior freeholder, 
next below gentlemen in dignity, now 
called squires. 

John, cooper, was at Boston, Mass., 

1652. 

John was at Roxbury, Mass., 1664. 
Jonathan an inhabitant of Hadley, 
Mass., 1678. 

William, blacksmith, came to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634, next year was at Newbury, 
Mass. 

FRARY 

John came from Eng., to Dedham, 
Mass., before 1640, was afterwards at 
Medford, Mass. 


FRAZER or FRASER 

From French Fraischeur, freshness, 
coolness, bloom, Frisenr, a hairdresser, 
fusier to curl. 

Colin was at Newbury, Mass., removed 
to Rowley, Mass., before 1685. 
William was at Portsmouth, N. H., 

1645. 

FREAKE 

John, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 1660. 
FREATHY 

William, freeman at York, Maine, 
1652. 

FREEBORN or FREEBORNE 

William b. Eng., 1594, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1634, settled in R. I. in 1637 and 
in that year signed the Covenant at 
Newport, R. I. 

FREELY 

Nicholas at Casco, Maine, 1680. 
FREELOVE 

Morris married at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1681. 

FREEMAN 

One who enjoys liberty, or is entitled 
to a franchise, or peculiar privilege. 
The family is believed to be descend¬ 
ants of natives of Firesea or Firesland, 
a Teutonic race occupying the country 
about Zuyder Zee. In the fifth century 
a band of Frisir, the Latin name, join¬ 
ed the Saxons and Angles in their in¬ 
vasion of England. 

Edmund b. Eng., 1590, settled at Lynn, 
Mass., 1637, later resided at Duxbury. 
Mass. 

John was original proprietor at Sal¬ 
isbury, Mass., 1639. 

Jonathan, freeman at Hampton, N. H., 
1678. 

Joseph married at Sudbury, Mass., 
1680. 

Ralph b. Eng., 1630, signed Dedham 
Covenant, 1651. 

Samuel b. Kent, Eng., came in Win- 
throp’s fleet 1630, was original propri¬ 
etor at Watertown, Mass. 

FREEZE or FRIEZE 

James, builder of ships, b. Eng., 1641- 
42, settled at Salisbury, Mass., removed 
1667 to Amesbury, Mass. 

FRENCH 

Originally coming from or belonging 
to France. Tradition states there were 
three brothers called French armourers 
in train of William the Conqueror. 
Edward, tailor, b. Eng., 1590, settled at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1636, removed to Sal¬ 
isbury, Mass., 1640. 


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Ephraim, early settler of Enfield, 
Conn., before 1674. 

Francis, b. Eng., came at the age of ten 
years, 1635, with his uncle William, to 
Cambridge, Mass., settled at Derby, 
Conn., 1654. 

John b. Dorset, Eng., 1612, came to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1639, the following 
year removed to Braintree. 

John was at Northampton, Mass., 1676, 
coming from Rehoboth, Mass. 

Richard was at Cambridge, Mass., 1652, 
was one of the grantees of Billerica, 
Mass. 

Stephen came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, soon after removed to Weymouth, 
Mass., made freeman 1634. 

Thomas at Boston, Mass., 1631, remov¬ 
ed to Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 

Thomas resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., removed to Guilford, Conn., 
1650. 

Lieut. William, brother of John, b. 
Halstead, Essex, Eng., 1603, settled at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1635, one of the first 
settlers of Billerica, Mass., 1652. 

FRIEND 

John, carpenter, at Saybrook, Conn., 
removed to Salem, Mass., 1637. 
FRIESE 

James was at Salisbury, Mass., 1667, 
afterwards at Newbury, Mass. 

FRINK 

John a resident of Stonington, Conn., 
1666. 

John, early settler of Ipswich, Mass., 
about 1640. 

FRISBIE or FRISBY 

In Danish, a new or fresh town, Welsh 
fies, French Frais, fresh, new, recently 
built. 

Edward was a resident of Brandon, 
Conn., 1668. 

John signed plantation Covenant at 
Brandon, Conn., 1668. 

FRISK 

John a proprietor at Bridgewater, 
Mass., 1645. 

FUSSELL or FUZILL 

James, Scotch descent, was inhabitant 
of Roxbury, Mass., 1656. 

John came from Scotland to Braintree, 
Mass., before 1664. 

William, a Scotchman, married at 
Concord, Mass., 1667. 

FROST 

From Welsh Ffrost, a brag, a popular 
Scandinavian personal name. 


Edmund, son of Rev. John, b. Eng. r 
1610, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 

1635. 

George was at Saco, Maine, 1636-40. 
Jasper was inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
where he married 1660. 

John, merchant at Boston, Mass., 1677, 
proprietor at New Haven, Conn., 1685. 
Joseph married at Boston, Mass., 1660. 
Nicholas, brother of Edmund, b. Tiv¬ 
erton, Devonshire, Eng., 1595, came be¬ 
fore 1632 to N. E., was at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635, afterwards was at Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H. 

Thomas married at Sudbury, Mass., 
1678. 

William came from Nottinghamshire 
to Fairfield, Conn., 1639. 

FROTHINGHAM 

A house or village situated near a 
strait or arm of the sea. Frithingham, 
the house or village among the haw¬ 
thorns ; Frith, Cornish British, a haw¬ 
thorn, white thorn. Frith, Gaelic, a 
forest, a place of deer. 

William, Scottish descent, b. near Hol- 
derness, Yorkshire, Eng., about 1600, 
came to N. E. with Winthrop’s fleet; 
one of the original proprietors of 
Charlestown, Mass., 1630. 

FRYE 

Cornish British, a hill, a town, a house 
on most prominent part of a hill or 
eminence. German Frie, free. Dutch 
Vry or Fry, free. 

George, weaver, freeman at Weymouth, 
Mass., 1651. 

John, wheelwright, b. Eng., 1601, came 
from Baringstoke, Hampshire, Eng., to 
Newbury, Mass., 1638, removed to 
Andover, Mass. 

FRYER or FRIER 

James was at Cambridge, Mass., before 
1640. 

Thomas granted lands at Salem, Mass., 
1639, removed to Gloucester, Mass.,. 
1642. 

FULHAM 

Place name, a village on the Thames, 
Eng., derives its name from Saxon 
Fullen, fowl, and ham, the house or 
village of fowl. 

Francis married at Watertown, Mass., 
before 1693. 

FULLER 

Occupation surname dating from the 
twelfth century; one who fulls cloth. 
The ancient seat of the family was in 


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the parish Redenhall in Harleston, near 
the center of the Hundreds of East- 
ham, Norfolk, Eng. The English an¬ 
cestor, John Fuller, lived in this parish. 
Edward, “Mayflower” passenger, bapt. 
parish of Redenhall, Norfolk, Eng., 
1575, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1620, 
died following year. 

Giles was at Hampton, N. H., 1640. 
Jacob, freeman in what is now Dan¬ 
vers, Mass., 1690. 

James was at Ipswich, Mass., before 
1673. 

John b. Eng., 1620, came to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634. 

John, farmer and malster, b. Eng., set¬ 
tled at Cambridge, Mass., 1635. 
Lancelot was at New Haven, Conn., 

1643. 

Robert, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1641, removed to Dedham, Mass., 1643. 
Robert, bricklayer, freeman at Salem, 
■" Mass., 1658, where he had resided since 

1639, removed to Rehoboth, Mass. 

Samuel, physician, “Mayflower” passen¬ 
ger, brother of Edward, settled at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1620. 

Samuel married at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1673. 

Thomas was resident of what is now 
Middleton, Mass., in 1638. 

Thomas, proprietor at Woburn, Mass, 

1640. 

Thomas an inhabitant of Dedham, 
Mass., 1643. 

William, brother of John, came to 
Ipswich, Mass., 1635, a minor fifteen 
years of age. 

William, gunsmith and miller, was at 
Concord, Mass., 1637. 

FURBER 

Lieut. William, b. London, Eng., 1614, 
was at Dover, N. H., 1637. 

FURBISH 

John was resident at Marblehead, 
Mass., 1668. 

FURNELL 

John b. 1607, was at Cambridge, Mass., 

1638. 

Strong, soapboiler, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1643. 

William, brother of the preceding, was 
a resident of Boston, Mass., before 
1652. 

FURNESS 

David b. 1667, was at Marblehead, 
Mass., 1692. 


FUSSELL or FUZZELL 

John, Scotch descent, came to Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1640, recorded at Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1664. 

Joshua a resident of Medfield, Mass., 
1649. 

FYLER 

Lieut. Walter, b. Eng., settled at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1634, removed to Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., 1636. 

GAGE 

The family is of Norman descent and 
dates back to 1498 to the English ances¬ 
tor John Gage. 

John of the ninth generation from the 
above came from Stoneham, County of 
Suffolk, Eng., in 1630, settling at Boston, 
Mass. He was one of the proprietors of 
Ipswich, Mass., removed to Rowley, 
Mass., 1660. 

Thomas, born Eng., 1625, settled at 
Yarmouth, Mass., in 1649, died at sea 
the following year. 

GAGER 

William, surgeon, came in Winthrop’s 
fleet in 1630 from County of Suffolk, 
Eng., was deacon of the first church 
of Mass. He died Sept. 20, 1630, leav¬ 
ing a son John who became identified 
with New London, Conn. 

GAINES, GAYNES 

Henry, a freeman at Lynn, Mass., in 

1639. 

Thomas was at Lynn, Mass., in 1640. 
GALE 

The root of Gall or Gaul is Hal, the sun, 
from which is derived Gal, Gel, Gl, 
brilliant, bright, glorious. In Gaelic or 
Scotch, a stranger, Fingal the white 
stranger, Dugal the black stranger, al¬ 
luding to the complexion or color of 
hair. Gaul the ancient name of France 
signifying “Sunny France.” 

Ambrose was at Salem, Mass., before 
1663. 

Bartholomew, married at Salem, Mass., 
1662. 

Edmund, resident of Cambridge, Mass., 
where he died 1642. 

Edmund, freeman at Salisbury, Mass., 
1666, removed to Marblehead, Mass., 
afterward to Falmouth, Me. 

Hugh, a freeman at Kittery, Me., 1652. 
Richard was at Watertown, Mass., in 

1640. 

GALLOP, GALLUP 

The name is derived from the German, a 
corruption of Gottlieb, from Gott, God, 
and lieb, love or praise—God’s praise. 


I 


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The English family was connected with 
the parish of Mosterne in Dorsetshire. 
John, a fisherman and pilot, settled at 
Dorcester, Mass., 1630, removed two 
years later to Boston, Mass.; father of 
Capt. John Gallup of the Pequot War. 
GALLY 

John, granted land on Beverly side of 
Salem, Mass., in 1637. 

GALPIN 

Philip, b. Somersetshire, Eng., settled 
at New Haven, Conn., 1646, removed to 
Fairfield, Conn., 1657, later to Rye, N. 
Y. 

GALUSHA 

The name of Dutch origin. 

Daniel was at Chelmsford, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1691, removed to Dunstable, Mass., 
where his house was burned by the In¬ 
dians in 1706. 

GAMLYN, GAMLYNE, GAMLIN, GAMB- 
LIN 

Robert, son of Robert, came to N. E. 
in the ship William and Francis in 1632 
with Rev. Thomas Welde. He located 
at Roxbury, Mass. 

GAMMON 

Philip, fisherman at Casco, Maine, be¬ 
fore 1690. 

Robert took the oath of allegiance in 
1674 at Pemaquid, Me. 

GANNETT 

Matthew came from Eng. in 1638, set¬ 
tled at Hingham, Mass., removed to 
Scituate, Mass., 1651. 

Thomas, brother of preceding was a 
proprietor at Duxbury, Mass., removed 
to Bridgewater, Mass., 1645. 

GARDE, GARD, GARRARD 

John was at Warwick, R. I., in 1655, 
removed to New Londonn, Conn., in 
1667. 

GARDINER 

The name derived from the same roots 
as Gairden which is Gaelic origin sig¬ 
nifying an enclosed or fortified place, 
the beacon hill, from gair, an outcry, an 
alarm, and din, a hill or fortress. Some 
authorities claim the derivation of the 
name is from two Saxon words, gar, 
signifying weapon, and dyn, sound, 
alarm. 

Christopher, a knight of holy order, 
came from Bristol, Eng., in 1630, and 
lived for awhile at Mount Wollaston, 
near Boston, Mass. 

George, son of Sir Thomas Gardiner, 
born in Eng. 1601, admitted an inhab¬ 
itant of R. I., 1638. 

Lion, a Scotchman, came to Saybrook, 


Conn., 1635. He built a fort at thav 
place and his son David was the first 
white child born in Conn. He later 
removed to Easthampton, Long Island. 
Richard, Mayflower passenger, left no 
issue. 

GARDNER 

Edmund, a freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 
in 1640. 

Jacob took the oath of allegiance at 
Hatfield, Mass., in 1679. 

James married at Gloucester, Mass., in 
1662. 

John was at Hingham, Mass., as early 
as 1652. 

John, a freeman at Woburn, Mass., 1680. 
Nathaniel, a merchant at Boston, 
Mass., 1649, afterwards removed to Lon¬ 
don, Eng. 

Peter, b. in Eng. in 1617, embarked on 
the ship Elisabeth at London, Eng., 1635, 
and settled at Roxbury, Mass. 

Richard, married at Woburn, Mass., 
1651. 

Samuel was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1641, removed to Hadley, Mass., 1663. 
Thomas, b. Eng. 1592, located at Cape 
Ann, Mass., 1624, was admitted freeman 
in 1637 while resident of Salem, Mass. 
Thomas, brother of Peter, died at Rox¬ 
bury, Mass., 1638. 

GARFIELD 

From the Saxon Garwain, to prepare, 
German and Dutch gar, dressed, done, 
ready, prepared, and field, a place where 
everything is furnished necessary for 
an army. 

Edward, b. Eng. 1575, was a proprietor 
of Watertown, Mass., in 1635. 

GARFORD 

Jarvis, freeman at Salem, Mass., in 
1639 - 
GARLAND 

George was a resident of Maine in 1659. 
Jabez was at Dover, N. H., before 1690. 
John, b. Eng. 1621, was at Hampton, N. 
H., 1650. 

Peter resided at Charlestown, Mass., as 
early as 1637. 

GARLICK 

Joseph was at New London, Conn., 1651, 
removed in a few years to Brookhaven 
or Easthampton, Long Island, where his 
wife was charged with witchcraft. 

GARNER, GARNIER 

From the French Garnir, to summons, 
warn, call out; the Italian Gvarnier; 


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Norman Garner, to warn, to summon, to 
fortify. 

Edmund was at Cambridge, Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, merchant at Boston, Mass., in 
1648. 

GARNET, GARNETT 

From the Welsh word Garnedd, a tu¬ 
mulus, an ancient place of worship. 
Garnet, a precious stone. 

John, came from Ipswich, Eng., and 
became identified with Hingham, Mass., 
before 1650. 

GARNSEY 

Henry was at Dorchester, Mass., as 
early as 1655. 

Joseph was at New Haven, Conn., 1647, 
removed to Stamford, Conn., where he 
married in 1659. 

Joseph, married at Milford, Conn., in 
1673. 

William, freeman at York, Maine, 1652. 
GARRETT, GARRAD, GARRARD 

Daniel was prison keeper for many 
years at Hartford, Conn., where he lo¬ 
cated in 1640. 

Hiram or Herman lived at Concord, 
Mass., and became a resident of Charles¬ 
town, Mass., in 1638. 

James was made a freeman at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., in 1639; as master of the 
ship he was lost at sea 1657; his widow 
returned to England, disposing of his 
lands. 

Richard, a shoemaker, came to N. E. 
with Winthrop’s fleet in 1630, admitted 
freeman at Charlestown, Mass., in that 
year. Lost in wreck at sea leaving no 
issue. 

Richard, first town clerk of Scituate, 
Mass., in 1636. 

Robert, a mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., before 1643. 

GASCOYNE, GASKIN, GASKELL 

An ancient English family. The name 
derived from the Gaelic word Gaisgell, 
valorous. 

Edward, shipwright, granted land at Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1637. 

GATCHELL, GETCHELL, GITCHELL 

John, b. 1611, was at Salem, Mass., 
1637, removed to Marblehead, Mass., 
1648. 

Samuel, a resident of Salem, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Hampton, N. H., 1641. Hence 
to Salisbury, N. H., 1648. 

GATES 

The word Gate in Scotland means a 
road or way. 


George, known as captain, b. in Eng. 
1634, came to N. E. 1651, was an orig¬ 
inal proprietor at Haddam, Conn., 1661. 
Stephen, the son of Thomas, was of the 
tenth generation from Thomas Gates, 
of Higheaster and Thurstebic, County 
of Essex, Eng.; the latter was born in 
1327. Stephen came from Hingham, 
County of Norfolk, Eng., to Hingham, 
Mass., in 1638. He removed to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., thence in 1654 to Lancas¬ 
ter, Mass. Two years later he returned to 
Cambridge. 

GATLINE or GATTLIFFE 

Thomas, a miller, was at Braintree, 
Mass., 1650. 

GAUNT 

Peter, was at Lynn, Mass., and removed 
to Sandwich, Mass., 1637. 

GAY 

John came to N. E. in 1630 and was ad¬ 
mitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., 
1635; removed to Dedham, Mass., and 
became one of the petitioners for estab¬ 
lishing the town in 1636. 

GAYER 

The name signifies a greyhound, a swift 
dog. 

Samuel was a resident of Nantucket, 
Mass., previous to 1691. 

William, brother of the preceding, mar¬ 
ried at Nantucket, Mass., before 1673. 

GAYLORD, GAYLOR, GAYLER, GAL- 
LARD, GALLERD 

From the word Geller, loud-voiced. The 
surname is of Norman-French extrac¬ 
tion. A place name from Gaillard. It 
was a personal name in Eng. as early 
as 1248. 

John was a resident of Dorchester, 
Mass., 1632. 

William, brother of the preceding, 
known as deacon, b. Exeter, Devonshire, 
Eng., arrived at Boston, Mass., 1630. 
One of the founders of Dorchester, 
Mass., 1633; removed to Windsor, Conn., 
1636. 

GEARS, GEER, GEERS 

This surname signifies all sort of wear¬ 
ing apparel and equipments for horses 
and men. From the Saxon word gear- 
rian, to make ready; the name was giv¬ 
en to one who took charge of and su¬ 
perintended the gear, as John of the 
Gear, John O’ Gear. 

George, b. Eng., 1621, came with his un¬ 
cle during his boyhood. He was in Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635; granted land at New 
London, Conn., 1651. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, came 


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to N. E. at the same time. He was lo¬ 
cated at Enfield, Conn., 1682. 

GEARY, GERY, GERRY, GARY 

A corruption of Gerard, which see. 
Arthur, made freeman at Roxbury, 
Mass., 1639. 

Denis, b. Eng. 1605, came from London, 
Eng., to Lynn, Mass., 1635. 

Henry was at Salem, Mass., 1648. 
Thomas, b. in Eng. or Ireland, 1638; 
settled at Charlestown, Mass., (now 
Stoneham) 1668. 

William, a freeman at Salem, Mass., 
1641. 

GEDNEY, GIDNEY 

James, b. Eng. 1603; came from Nor¬ 
wich, County of Norfolk, Eng.; admit¬ 
ted freeman at Salem, Mass., 1638. 

GEE 

Peter, fisherman, was resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1667. 

GENERY or CHENERIE 

Lambert, was at Watertown, Mass., 
and 1636 at Dedham, Mass. 

GEORGE 

Derived from two Greek words signi¬ 
fying earth-workers; a husbandman, 
farmer. 

Eleazer was at Salem, Mass., 1668. 

' Gideon came from Yorkshire, Eng., to 
Salem, Mass., 1680. 

James, on record at Haverhill, Mass., 
1652; became a resident of Salisbury, 
Mass., 1653. 

John, apprentice to Gov. Winthrop, 1641, 
resident Charlestown, Mass., 1657, later 
at Boston, Mass. 

Nicholas, innholder, freeman at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1666. 

Peter, at Brainthee, Mass., before 1643; 
removed to Block Island, R. I., 1670. 
Richard, married at Boston, Mass., 
1655. 

GERARD, GERAERD, GARRIARD, GE- 
RAERDI 

Surname of Teutonic origin from Gar, 
all, and ard, nature, signifying apt, do¬ 
cile, one ready to do or learn, amiable. 
John, of Holland descent, came to Nar- 
ragansett country in 1651, freeman at 
Warwick, R. I., 1655. 

GERRISH 

William, b. Bristol, Eng., 1617 or 1620; 
settled at Newbury, Mass., 1639; re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass., 1678. 

GERRY 

Henry was a resident of Salem, Mass., 
1648. 


GIBBARD 

See Gilbert. 

GIBBONS or GIBBINS 

The surname from the Welsh word 
Guiban, a fly; Gibean in Gaelic signifies 
a hunch-back; Gibb-ing, the son of 
Gilbert. 

Ambrose, factor for the Company of La¬ 
conia came to Portsmouth, N. H., 1630; 
he afterwards lived in what was called 
Oyster river. 

Edward was early at Mount Wollaston, 
Mass.; became a freeman at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1631; soon after removed 
to Boston, Mass. 

Henry was at New Haven, Conn., in 
1644; afterwards returned to Eng. 
James, b. Eng. 1614; came to Saco, 
Maine, in 1635. 

William came to Hartford, Conn., 1639; 
signer of the compact of 1639, at New 
Haven, Conn.; no male issue. 

GIBBS 

Surname from Gib, a nickname for Gil¬ 
bert. 

Francis was a resident of Windsor, 
Conn., 1640. 

Giles, came from County of Devon, 

Eng., 1630; granted land at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1633; removed to Windsor, Conn., 

1635- 

John, early settler of Wethersfield, 

Conn.; representative of General Court 

of Conn., in 1638. 

John came to Cambridge, Mass., 1637; 
removed later to New Haven, Conn., 
where he was a freeman in the earlier 
L lists. 

Matthew was at Charlestown, Mass., 
before 1650; removed 1654 to Sudbury, 
Mass. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1636 or 1639; merchant; 
descended from an ancient family in 
Warwickshire, Eng., of the eighth gen¬ 
eration from Thomas, from his eldest 
son of the same name, the line was con¬ 
tinued to Sir Henry, father of Robert, 
who settled at Boston, Mass., before 
1660. 

Samuel, a resident of Sandwich, Mass., 
before 1649. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding; an 
early settler of Sandwich, Mass., where 
his name appears amongst those able to 
bear arms in 1643. 

William, hatter, took the oath of fidel¬ 
ity at New Haven, Conn., 1654. 
GIBSON 

The son of Gib or Gilbert. 


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Christopher, soap-boiler, came to N. E. 
in 1630; settled at Dorchester, Mass. 

y JoHN, b. Eng. 1601; came to N. E. 1631; 
was at Cambridge, Mass., 1634; became 
a freeman 1637. 

Richard, clergyman, was at Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1637; returned to Eng., 1642. 
William was at Boston, or Lynn, Mass., 
1665. 

GIDDINGY 

A place name from Little Giddings in 
Huntingdon; also a parish in County of 
Suffolk, Eng. Some authorities claim 
the name is derived from the Hebrew 
word Gideon, signifying a brave soldier. 
The family is of Scotch and Welsh 
descent. The earliest English ancestor 
of the American family is Edmund Gid¬ 
dings, 1334. 

George, born St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 
Eng., in 1610; came to Ipswich, Mass., 

1635. 

John, a brother of the preceding, was 
representative to the General Court for 
Ipswich, Mass., 1653. 

SIFFORD 

Ancient English family; the first ances¬ 
tor known being Sire Randolph de Gif¬ 
ford 1066. The surname is derived from 
a Saxon word signifying liberal dispo¬ 
sition, the giver. It is also a place name 
from a town on the water of Gifford, 
Huddington County, Scotland; from the 
Celtic word Gaf, a hook, a bend, and 
ford. 

John, as agent for a company ^ in Lon¬ 
don, Eng., for iron works; came to 
Lynn, Mass., 1653. 

Stephen, b. Eng., 1641; was at Nor¬ 
wich, Conn., 1659! an original proprie¬ 
tor. 

William, on record at Stamford, Conn., 
1647; afterwards at Sandwich, Mass. 
GILBERT 

From the German word Gisle, a pledge 
or gold-like, bright; also from the Sax¬ 
on word Geele, yellow. The early Eng¬ 
lish ancestor was Gilbert, of Compton, 
parish of Marldon, County of Devon, in 
the thirteenth century. 

Humphrey, b. Eng. 1615; was at 
Ipswich, Mass., before 1648. 

John, b. Devonshire, Eng., came in Win- 
throp’s fleet in 1630; settled at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., and 1637 removed to 
Taunton, Mass. 

John, married at Boston, Mass., 1653. 
Jonathan, son of Thomas of the manor 
of Waldcote, Eng.; on record at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1645. 


Matthew, one of seven pillars for foun¬ 
dation of the church at New Haven, 
Conn., 1638; came to Boston, Mass., 
1637. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1600; settled in Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., 1644; removed to Springfield, 
Mass., 1655. 

Thomas, clergyman, arrived at Boston, 
Mass., 1661; two years later became the 
first minister of Topsfield, Mass; re¬ 
moved to Charlestown, Mass., where he 
died, 1673. 

William, wrote his name Gibbard; came 
from Warwickshire, Eng., to New Ha¬ 
ven, Conn., 1647. Secretary of the col¬ 
ony of New Haven, 1657. 

William, made a freeman of Windsor, 
Conn., 1640. 

William, cordwainer and merchant; 
was a resident of Boston, Mass., 1675. 
GILDERSLEEVE 

Surname no doubt from gilded sleeves, 
an insignia of office at the Court of 
Flanders before the Norman Conquest. 
Roger Gyldersleeve, County of Norfolk, 
Eng., name appears in the Hundred 
Rolls in 1273. 

Richard, b. Hempstead, Hertfordshire, 
Eng., 1601; came to Boston, Mass., 1635; 
one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, 
Conn.; also of Stamford, Conn., 1641; 
four years later removed to Hempstead, 
Long Island. 

GILE, GUILE, GYLES, GILES 

Daniel, a fisherman at Salem, Mass., 
1689. 

Edward, a freeman at Salem, Mass., 

1634. 

John was at Dedham, Mass., 1636; 
made freeman 1643. 

John, schoolmaster, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1690; removed to Boston, Mass. 
Samuel, brother of the first John, was 
early settler of Newbury, Mass.; re¬ 
moved in 1640 to Haverhill, Mass. 

GILL 

A local surname, a valley or woody glen, 
a narrow dell with a brook running 
through it, a small stream. 

Arthur, ship-wright, was at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., before 1639, removed to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., made a freeman 1641, re¬ 
turned to Eng., 1654, where he died the 
following year. 

John was in Dorchester, Mass., 1640, 
in that part of the town that afterwards 
became Milton; removed to Boston, 
Mass., where he died 1678. 

John, married at Salisbury, Mass., 1645. 


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John, mariner and merchant at Boston, 
Mass., 1649-77. 

Thomas was at Hingham, Mass., 1635. 
William, married at Salem, Mass., 1668. 
GILLAM, GILLIAN, GILHAM 

A local surname for a town in Scot¬ 
land. 

Benjamin, ship carpenter, freeman at 
Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Robert was in R. I., in 1638. 
GILLETT, GILLETTE 

From Guillot, the French diminutive for 
William; the family came from Gillette, 
a town in Piedmonte, France, with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror, to England. 
Jonathan came to N. E. 1630, freeman 
at Dorchester, Mass., 1635, removed the 
next year to Windsor, Conn. 

Matthew came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1634, removed to Windsor, Conn., 1636. 
Nathan, brother of Jonathan, resident 
of Dorchester, Mass., 1630, removed to 
Windsor, Conn., 1636. 

Samuel, married at Hatfield, Mass., 
1668. 

GILLIGAN 

Alexander, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
GILLINGHAM 

James was at Salem, Mass., before 
1692. 

GILLON 

John, resident of Lynn, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
at Salem, Mass., 1639. 

GILMAN 

This family came to Eng. with William 
the Conqueror, from the province of 
Maine, France. The family seat was in 
County of Essex. It is a place name 
from gill, a brook, hence a brookman be¬ 
came gill-man. 

Edward, grandson of Edward, son of 
Robert, b. Caston, Eng., came to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1638, from Hingham, Eng., 
made freeman at Hingham, Mass., in 
that year, removed to Rehoboth, Mass., 
1643, and to Ipswich, Mass., soon after, 
and 1652 to Exeter, N. H. 

Richard, b. Eng., settled at Hartford, 
Conn., admitted freeman 1672. 

GILSON 

Authorities on nomenclature state that 
the surname is derived from Gill or 
Giles. 

James was a resident of Rehoboth, 
Mass., 1668. 

Joseph, first mentioned on record .in 
1660, when he was married. An origin¬ 
al proprietor of Groton, Mass., 1661, he 


removed to Chelmsford, Mass., 1674, 
became a resident of Concord, Mass. 
Thomas, b. Eng. 1614, early settler of 
Chelmsford, Mass. 

William, at Scituate, Mass., 1631. 
GILVIN 

Thomas was at Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 

GINGELL, GINGLE, GENGILL, GINGEN 
John, at Taunton, Mass., 1639, removed 
to Dorchester, Mass., thence to Salem, 
Mass. 

William, at Westerly, R. I., 1661. 
GIRDLER 

Francis, freeman at Salem, 1678. 
GIVAN 

John, Scotch descent, resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1684. 

GLADING, GLADDING 

John, married at Newbury, Mass., 1666. 
John came from England to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1640, removed the same year to 
Bristol, R. I. 

GLANFIELD 

Robert, mariner, married, at Salem, 
Mass., 1665. 

GLASS 

From the Welsh word glas, meaning 
green, in the Gaelic, gray, pale, wan. 
James was at Plymouth, Mass., 1638. 
James, married at Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1688. 

Roger, brother of first James, was at 
Duxbury, Mass., 1639, freeman 1657. 
GLAZIER 

John, b. Eng. 1640, a resident of Wo- 
v burn, Mass., 1663. 

GLEASON 

Thomas, b. Sulgrave, County of North¬ 
ampton, Eng., 1607, settled at Water- 
town, Mass., 1652, on town records of 
Cambridge, Mass., 1657, removed to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1666. 

GLENN 

Charles, printer at Boston, Mass., 1682. 
GLIDDEN 

Charles, b. Hampshire, Eng., 1630, set¬ 
tled at Portsmouth, N. H., 1665, took 
oath of fidelity at Exeter, N. H., 1677, 
granted land at New Market, N. H., 
1697. 

GLOVER 

The name is of Saxon origin; the family 
was seated in the counties of War¬ 
wick and Kent, Eng., in the fourteenth 
century. 

Charles, shipwright, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1632, freeman 1641, removed to 
Gloucester, Mass., 1644. 


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Henry, b. Eng. 1603, came to N. E. 
from Ipswich, Eng., 1634, freeman at 
Dedham, Mass., 1642, located at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., afterwards at New Haven, 
Conn., about 1645. 

John, bapt. at Rainhill, Prescott, Lan¬ 
cashire, Eng., 1600, son of Thomas G., 
settled at Dorchester, Mass., 1631, re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass., 1652. 

Ralph came in Winthrop’s fleet 1630, 
but died before July, 1633. 

Stephen, married at Gloucester, Mass., 
1658. 

GOAD, GOARD 

Richard, b. Eng. 1618, came to Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1635. 

GOBLE 

John was at Concord, Mass., removed 
to Fairfield, Conn., 1644. 

GODARD, GODDARD 

Surname from the German, signifying 
God-like disposition. The name may 
be also local from Goddard, a mountain 
in Switzerland. An early English an¬ 
cestor Goddardus, 1241, also John God¬ 
ard, of Poulton, near Marlborough, 
Wiltshire, Eng., 1453. 

Thomas came from Marlborough, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635. 
William came from London, Eng., in 
1635, to Watertown, Mass. 

GODFREY 

Name from the German signifying God’s 
peace, godlike peace, from God, and frid 
or frede, peace, or from Gad-fred, joy¬ 
ful peace. 

Christopher, resident of Fairfield, 
Conn., before 1685. 

Francis, carpenter, b. Eng., 1600, settled 
at Duxbury, Mass., 1638, removed to 
Marshfield, Mass., later to Bridgewater, 
Mass. 

George was at Eastham, Mass., before 
1663. 

George, resident of Marblehead, Mass., 
1668-74. 

John, b. Eng. 1622, was at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634, later at Andover, Mass., and 
at New London, Conn., 1667. 

Peter, married at Newbury, Mass., 1656. 
Richard, settled at Taunton, Mass., as 
early at 1650. 

William, freeman at Watertown, 1640, 
removed to Hampton, N. H. 

GODING, GODDING, GODWIN 

George, resident of Fairfield, Conn., 
1651. 

Henry, married at Watertown, Mass., 
1663. 


Richard was at Gloucester, Mass., 1666. 
Samuel, a resident of Fairfield, Conn., 
1670. 

GOFF, GOFFE 

The name is from the Welsh word Gof, 
a smith. 

Edward came from Ipswich, County of 
Suffolk, Eng., in 1634, to Watertown, 
Mass. 

John, freeman at Newbury, Mass., 1639, 
died two years later, no male issue. 
John, freeman at Boston, Mass., 1678. 
GOLDHAM 

Henry was at New Haven, Conn., 1645, 
later at Guilford, Conn., no male issue. 
GOLDSMITH 

A name of a trade; formerly in England, 
a banker. 

Joshua, married at Salisbury, Mass., 
1667. 

Ralph was an inhabitant of Mass., 1661. 
Thomas, granted land at Salem, Mass., 
1643, soon afterward removed to South¬ 
ampton, Long Island. 

Zaccheus, freeman at Wenham, Mass., 
1685; his brother Richard, unmarried, 
was killed by lightning in that town 

1673- 

GOLDTHWAIT 

A Yorkshire family. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1610, came in Win* 
throp’s fleet in 1630, a resident of Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1631. 

GOLT, GAULT 

William, cordwainer, b. 1608, came from 
Yarmouth, County of Norfolk, to Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1637. 

GOOCH, GOUCH, GUTCH 

Edward, resident of Boston, Mass., 1685, 
warden of King’s Chapel, 1692. 

John, freeman at York, Maine, 1652. 
Robert was at Salem, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved to near the mouth of Kennebec 
river, Maine. 

GOODALE, GOODELL 

Name derived from Good-hall or Good- 
ale. 

Joseph, married before 1681 at Boston, 
Mass. 

Nehemiah, resident of Lynn, Mass., 
1673. 

Richard came from Yarmouth, County 
of Norfolk, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 
1638, removed to Salisbury, Mass., 1639. 
Richard, mariner, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1665. 

Robert, planter, b. Eng. 1604, came from 
Ipswich, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1637. 


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GOODE or GOOD 

Robert, inhabitant of Mass., 1646. 
Thomas, b. Eng. 1614, came from South¬ 
ampton, Eng., to N. E., 1638, was at Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1640. 

GOODENHOUSE 

See Vangoodenhousen. 

GOODENOW, GOOPNOW, GOOD- 
ENOUGH 

Name from the French Godenot or 
Godeno, a jack in the box, a little ugly 
man. It may be, however, local from 
Gudenow, a town on the Lower Rhine, 
Germany. 

Edmund, b. Shaftsbury, Borough of 
Dorset, Wiltshire, Eng., 16x1, came from 
Dunhead, Wiltshire, Eng., settled at 
Sudbury, Mass., 1638. 

John, husbandman, eldest brother of the 
preceding, b. Eng. 1596, settled at Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., 1638. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng. 1608, settled with his brothers at 
Sudbury, Mass., 1638, afterwards re¬ 
moved to Marlboro, Mass. 
GOODHEART 

Isbrand, servant of Caspar Varleet at 
Hartford, Conn., 1658. 

GOODHUE 

A compound name of good and Hugh, 
Good-Hugh; Will and Robert Good- 
hewan were English ancestors 1280. 
Nicholas, cloth-worker, b. Eng. 1675, 
came from London, Eng., 1635, to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass. 

William, b. Eng. 1612-13, immigrated 
to N. E.; was a freeman at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1636, first of the name in Amer¬ 
ica. 

GOODING 

Daniel was at Kittery, Maine, 1659. 
GOODMAN 

John, Mayflower passenger, unmarried. 
John, married at Sudbury, Mass., 1656. 
Richard, came from England to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., where he was a proprietor 
1632. Removed to Hartford, Conn., later 
to Hadley, Mass. 

GOODRICH . . ^ J m 

Surname of Saxon origin. God suffix 
ric, meaning rich, signifying rich in God 
or in Goodness. The Domesday Book 
indicates the family was of standing at 
the time of the Norman Conquest. A 
Father Godric was elected Abbott of 
the Abbey Croyland 870. Reference is 
made to Goodrich Castle 1204. 
Bartholomew, signer of the plantation 
and church covenant at Branford, Conn., 
1667. 


John was at Wethersfield, 1643. 
William, brother of the preceding, born 
Bury St. Edwards, County of Suffolk, 
Eng., came to Wethersfield, Conn., 1643. 
GOODRIDGE, GUTTERIDGE 

John was at Watertown, Mass., 1637. 
John, tailor, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1642., 

Richard, resident of Guilford, Conn., 
1639. 

Robert, innkeeper, in Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1677. 

Thomas, mariner, resident of Boston, 
Mass., before 1691. 

William came from Eng., settled at 
Watertown, Mass., 1636. 

GOODSELL 

Thomas, on record at Branford, Conn., 
1667. 

GOODSPEED 

Roger, married at Barnstable, Mass., 
1641. 

GOODWIN, GOODWYN 

The surname derived from the Saxon 
God, or good, and win, conqueror that 
is, a conqueror in God, converted or 
victorious in God. The family is of 
ancient English origin seated at Brain¬ 
tree and Bocking, County of Essex; the 
first English ancestor is Robert Good¬ 
win, living in Norwich, 1238. 

Adam, b. 1617, came to N. E. 1637, as 
servant to John Moulton, of Ormsby, 
County of Norfolk, Eng., was at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1641. 

Christopher, mason, b. Eng., 1618, on 
record in 1647 at Charlestown, Mass. 
Daniel, b. Eng., came from Torrington 
near Plymouth, Eng., settled at Kittery, 
Maine, 1652, kept an inn at Berwick, 
Maine, 1662. 

Edward, shipwright, was at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1667. 

Edward, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1641. 

John, married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1669, removed to Boston, Mass. 

John, an early settler of Reading, Mass. 
Nathaniel, brother of the preceding, 
freeman at Reading, Mass., 1679. 

Ozias, b. County of Essex, Eng., 1596, 
came to N. E. from Braintree, County 
of Essex, 1632, settled at Cambridge, 
Mass., removed to Hartford, Conn., with 
the first settlers, 1636. 

Richard, married at Gloucester, Mass., 
1666. 

Richard, married at Amesbury, Mass., 
1677. 


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William, known as Elder William, 
brother of Ozias, came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1632, removed to Hartford, Conn., 
1636, and in 1654 to Hadley, Mass., left 
no male issue. 

GOODWRIGHT 

Isaac was at Kittery, Maine, 1686. 
GOODYEAR 

Stephen, resident of New Haven, Conn., 
1638, Deputy Governor of New Haven 
Colony, 1643-58, lost at sea on his re¬ 
turn to Eng., 1658. 

GOOKIN, GOOGINS 

From the Gaelic word Gugan, a bud, 
flower, a daisy. 

Daniel, b. County of Kent, Eng., 1612, 
went with his father Daniel, of the 
fourth generation from Arnold Gookin, 
to Virginia, and came to Boston, Mass., 
1644, soon after settled in Roxbury, 
Mass., removed to Cambridge, Mass., 
1648. In the Indian Wars he attained 
the rank of Major-General. 

GOOLE 

Francis was at Duxbury, Mass., 1643, 
removed to Braintree, Mass. 

GOOSE 

William, resident of Salem, Mass., 1637, 
was at Charlestown, Mass., 1658. 
GORDON 

The Gordon clan has a record that ex¬ 
tends to the days of Malcolm III, King 
of Scotland. The head of the clan is 
the Marquis of Huntley, one of whose 
ancestors raised the famous regiment 
the Gordon Highlanders. Gordon Castle 
is the family seat, the badge is the Ivy, 
the war cry A Gordon ! A Gordon! The 
ancient family is of Norman origin. 
Richard de Gordon was Knight bannert, 
1150. The surname is from the Gaelic 
word Gurtduine, a fierce man; the Welsh 
word Gurddyn, a strong man; Cawrdyn, 
a hero, a giant. 

Alexander, husbandman, native of Scot¬ 
land, soldier in the Royalist army, sent 
by Cromwell to Watertown, Mass., 1651, 
as a prisoner, released in 1654, he went 
to Exeter, N. H. 

John was at Bridgewater, Mass., 1682. 
Nicholas, an inhabitant of N. H., 1689. 
GORE 

John, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 1637. 
GORHAM, GORUM, GORAM 

The family traced to the De Gorrams of 
La Tanniere on the borders of Brit¬ 
tany, France. William, the son of 
Ralph de Gorham, built a castle in 1128. 
Ralph, son of James, b. Benefield, 
Northamptonshire, Eng., 1575, came to 
N. E. 1635, to Plymouth, Mass., returned 


to Eng., where he died 1643, leaving one 
son Captain John, b. at Benefield, Eng., 
a land owner at Yarmouth, Maine, 1652, 
died at Swansea, Mass., 1675. 
GORNELL 

John, tanner, came in Winthrop’s fleet 
1630 to N. E. from Devonshire or Coun¬ 
ty of Suffolk, Eng., located at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., left no issue. 

GORTON 

From the Gaelic word Gairteati, a gar¬ 
den, a small piece of enclosed arable 
land. 

John was at Roxbury, Mass., before 
1636. 

Samuel, b. Groton, parish of Manches¬ 
ter, County of Lancaster, Eng., 1592. 
Came to Boston, Mass., 1636, soon after 
went to Plymouth, Mass., thence in 1638 
to R. I., and 1641 settled at Warwick, 
R. I. 

Thomas, freeman at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1655. 

GOSNALL 

Henry, resident of Boston, Mass., 1634. 

GOSS 

From the Saxon word Gos, a goose. 
Edward, a resident of Marblehead, 
. Mass., 1668. 

James, came to N. E. in Winthrop’s 
fleet 1630, freeman at Watertown, Mass., 
1631. 

Philip lived at Roxbury, Mass., pur¬ 
chased estate in Lancaster, Mass., 1687. 
Richard, an inhabitant of N. H. 1689. 
GOTT 

Charles came with Endicott from Eng. 
1628, settled at Salem, Mass., removed 
to Wenham, Mass., 1654. 

GOULD, GOOLD 

The English family traced to Thomas 
Goold, of Bovington, parish of Hemel 
Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Eng., born 
about 1455. 

Adam was at Gorton, Mass., before 1683; 
removed to Woburn, Mass. 
Christopher, at Hampton, N. H., 1660. 
Daniel, freeman at Newport, R. I., 1655. 
Edward, pailmaker, b. Hawkhurst, Coun¬ 
ty of Kent, Eng., 1607, came to Hingham, 
Mass., 1635. 

Francis, resident of Braintree, Mass., 
before 1655. 

Henry was at Ipswich, Mass., 1675. 
James, took the oath of fidelity Haver¬ 
hill, Mass., 1677. 

Jarvis or Jarvice, cordwainer, came to 
N. E. with family of Clement Bates 
from the parish of All Hallows, Lydd, 


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County of Kent, Eng., granted land at 
Hingham, Mass., 1636, removed to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1646. 

Jeremiah, freeman, Newport, R. I., 
1638. 

John, husbandman, b. Eng., 1610, came 
from Towcester, Northamptonshire, 
Eng., 1635, to Stoneham, Mass. 

John, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
1636. 

John was at Newport, R. I., 1655. 

John, married at Taunton, Mass., 1673. 
Nathan, son of Nathan, came from St. 
Edmundsbury in South Britain. He was 
at Milford, Conn., 1647, three years later 
removed to Fairfield, Conn. 

Nathan, a resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
1660^, 

Robert, married at Hull, Mass., 1666. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1607, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1639, where he was admitted free¬ 
man 1641. 

Thomas, married at Newport, R. I., 

1655- 

Thomas, member of the Church of 
Charlestown, Mass., 1640, later removed 
to Boston, Mass. 

Thomas, married at Boston., Mass., 
1656. 

Zacchus, b. Eng., 1589, son of Richard 
Golde, was of the sixth generation from 
Thomas Goold, who resided at Great 
Monerden, County of Bucks, Eng., Zac- 
cheus came from Hants Green, near 
Potter’s Row, County of Bucks in 1638, t 
to N. E.; he located at Weymouth, Mass., 
removed to Lynn, Mass., and 1644 to 
Ipswich, Mass., being that part known 
as Topsfield. 

GOULDER 

Francis was at Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
GOULDING, GOULDEN, GOLDEN 

The ancient spelling of the name was 
Gouldingham, the surname being derived 
from goal, a bound, and ham, a hamlet 
or town. Alanus de Gouldingham is 
mentioned in 1302 in the Foldera and an 
early roll of Parliament. 

Peter, saddler, b. Eng., 1635, came from 
Shipman, six miles from Norwich, Eng.; 
was in Virginia 1667, afterwards came 
to Boston, Mass., and in 1693 was at 
Worcester, Mass.; died at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1703. 

Roger, mariner, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, known as Captain Roger, was inhab¬ 
itant of R. I., 1676. 

William, clergyman, was resident of 
Boston, Mass., 1646. 


GOURDING 

Abraham, mariner, Boston, Mass., 1672. 
GOVE 

Edward was first at Salisbury, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Hampton, N. H.; representa¬ 
tive in first assembly of N. H., 1680. 
John, dealer and worker in brass, set¬ 
tled in Charlestown, Mass., where he 
was freeman, 1631. 

John, brother of Edward, married at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1658. 

GOWING or GOWEN 

From the Gaelic, signifying a smith. The 
gowan or smith of a Highland clan was 
held in high estimation. His skill in the 
manufacture of military weapons was 
usually united with great dexterity in 
using them and with the strength of 
body which his profession required. The 
Gowan ranked as third officer in the 
Chief’s household. 

John was at Lynn, Mass., 1682. 
Nathaniel, freeman at Reading, Mass., 
1691. 

Richard or Robert, b. Scotland, 1618, 
resided at Dedham, Mass., 1634, after¬ 
wards at Wenham, Lynn, Watertown, 
and was at Lynnfield, Mass., 1660. 
GOYT 

John was at Dorchester, Mass., 1635, 
removed to Salem, Mass., 1642. 
GOZZARD 

Daniel came from Eng. to Hartford, 
Conn., 1646. 

Nicholas, a resident of Windsor, Conn., 
where he died 1693. 

GRAFTON 

Joseph, mariner and merchant, free¬ 
man at Salem, Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, inhabitant of N. H., 1689. 

GRAHAM 

This surname is used interchangeably 
with Graeme in Scotland. It is also 
spelled Grahames, Graems and Grimes. 
The patronymic is derived from Greme, 
who was regent of Scotland during the 
minority of Eugene II, 419. The deriv¬ 
ation of the name is from the Anglo 
Saxon grim, Dutch germ, Welsh grem, 
Gaelic guiam, surly, sullen, dark, hav¬ 
ing a fierce and stern look, courageous. 
There is no record of the family earlier 
than King David of Scotland, 1123, and 
was of local origin from a place called 
Graham or Graeme. The only place 
now, however, is near Kestoven, Lincoln¬ 
shire, Eng. The name is found in the 
Hundred Rolls of Eng., in the twelfth 
century, where the family was established 
in Linlithgowshire, Forfurshire, Perth- 


XC1X 


stone, Shirlingshire, Dumfriesshire. The 
family possesses the dukedom marqui- 
sate and earldom of Montrose, the 
marquisate of Graham and Buchanan, 
earldoms of Airth Kincardine, Men- 
teith and Strathen, Viscountcies of Dun- 
das, Dundee and Preston, lordships of 
Abevithven, Kilpoint and barony of Esk, 
etc. 

Benjamin was resident of Hartford, 
Conn. 

James was attorney-general for Andros 
at Boston, Mass. 

GRAME 

Samuel, pewterer, joined church at Bos¬ 
ton, 1642. 

GRANGER 

From the Saxon, one who superintend¬ 
ed a large farm or grange. 

Byran was at Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Launcelot came from Eng., to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1648; removed to Newbury, Mass. 

GRANNIS 

Edward, married at Hartford, Conn., 
1655, removed to Hadley, Mass., 1670, 
afterwards was at New Plaven, Conn. 
John, brother of the preceding, was at 
New Haven, Conn., 1677. 

GRANT 

The surname either from Saxon word 
grant , that signifies crooked or bowed; 
in old Irish, Grant and Ciar, signifies 
much the same thing. In French, grand 
signifies great, brave, valorous; in Irish 
the letter d is sounded short and there¬ 
by changed to t. Richard Grant was 
made Archbishop of Canterbury in 1229. 
Alexander, one of the founders of the 
Scots Charitable Society at Boston, 
Mass., 1657. 

Caleb, mason, located at Watertown, 
Mass., 1670. 

Christopher, glover, b. Eng., 1608, set¬ 
tled at Watertown, Mass., 1634. 

Edward, shipwright, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1658. 

James, one of the founders of the Scots 
Charitable Society at Boston, Mass., 

1657- 

James was at Charlestown, Mass., 1658, 
took oath of allegiance at York, Maine, 
1681. 

James, resident of Dedham, Mass., 1664. 
John, living at Newbury, Mass., 1690, 
taxed at Rowley, Mass., 1691. 

Matthew, b. Eng., 1601, came from 
Devonshire, Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed to Windsor, Conn., 1636. 


Peter, one of the founders of Scots 
Charitable Society at Boston, 1657, later 
removed to Hartford, Conn. 

Robert, at Ipswich, Mass., 1685. 

Seth came to Cambridge, Mass., 1632, 
removed to Hartford, Conn., where he 
died 1647. 

GRAVES 

Ancient English family living in counties 
of Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby and 
York. In the first records the name 
is spelt Greves or Greaves, appearing 
in the parish of Beeley near Cholsworth, 
Derbyshire. The first progenitor re¬ 
ported is John de la Greves in the 
twelfth century. 

Francis was resident of Salisbury, 
Mass., before 1690. 

George, original progenitor of Hartford, 
Conn., where he was representative 

1657- 

John, b. Eng., before 1585, was at Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1643. 

. John, b. Eng., came to Roxbury, Mass., 
1633, died 1644. 

John, cordwainer, freeman at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1685. 

Mark was at Lynn, Mass., before 1657. 
Richard was at Boston, Mass., 1656. 
Robert, a resident of Ipswich, Mass., 
1638. 

Samuel, b. Eng., settled at Lynn, Mass., 
1630, was at Hartford, Conn., 1645. 
Samuel, feltmaker, married at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1658. 

Thomas, engineer, laid out Charlestown, 
Mass., 1629, returned to Eng., 1632-33. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1585, settled at New 
Haven, Conn., 1637, came to Hartford, 
Conn.; one of the founders of Hadley, 
Mass., 1645. 

Thomas, known as Admiral Thomas, b. 
Radcliffe, Eng., in 1605, admitted to 
membership in church at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1639. 

William was at Dover, N. H., 1659. 
GRAY 

A place name from a town in Burgundy, 
France, on the banks of the Saone. 
Rollo, chamberlain to Robert, Duke of 
Normandy, received from him the castle 
and honor of Croy in Picardy; his fam¬ 
ily assumed the name of De Croy af¬ 
terwards changed to De Gray. 
Ebenezer, resident of Hartford, Conn., 
1638. 

Edward, merchant, came in his youth 
from Eng.; in 1643, at Plymouth, Mass. 


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Edward, from Lancashire, Eng., was an 
apprentice at Boston, Mass., 1686. 

Henry married at Fairfield, Conn., 
1643. 

James took oath of allegiance at Prov¬ 
idence, R. I., 1671. 

John, brother of Henry, was at Fair- 
field, Conn., 1643. 

John married at Yarmouth, Mass., 
1643. 

Joseph married at Taunton, Mass., 1668. 
Robert, b Eng., 1634, settled at Salem, 
Mass., 1669. 

Samuel married at Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1684. 

Samuel married at Salem, Mass., 1671. 
Samuel, goldsmith, was at Boston, 
Mass., removed to New London, Conn., 
where he died 1713, under twenty-nine 
years of age; no issue. 

Thomas purchased Nantucket Island 
from the Indians, 1622; was also at 
Salem and Marblehead, at the latter 
place in 1648; bachelor. 

Thomas, eldest brother of Edward of 
Plymouth, came to Plymouth, Mass., 

1643, where he died 1652. 

Walter a resident of Hartford, Conn., 

1644. 

GREELEY, GREELY, GRELE 

A place name same as Grelley or De 
Grelley from Greilly, France. Grele in 
French, slender, slim, delicate. In the 
Roll of Battle Abbey the name is in¬ 
cluded as coming to England with Wil- t 
liam the Conqueror. 

Andrew, miller, b. Eng., 1617, on rec¬ 
ords of Salisbury, Mass., 1640, was at 
Haverhill, Mass., 1669. 

Nathaniel, brother of the preceding, 
was at Salisbury, Mass., 1649. 

GREEN, GREENE 

The family is of great antiquity being 
connected with the Grene or Greene of 
Northamptonshire, Eng. The earliest 
on record was Alexander de Boketon 
in 1336 took the name of Att Grene or 
de la Grene. The Boketon Manor 
House was known as an estate before 
the Conquest, situated as a parish in the 
southern division of Northamptonshire, 
now known as Broughton. The an¬ 
cient manor seat, the residence of the 
Grenes, was at Greene’s Norton, for¬ 
merly Norton Davey, and in the Doomes- 
day Book, Nortone, a large village two 
miles west by north from Towcester. 
Abraham was at Hampton, N. H., 1678. 
Bartholomew freeman at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1634, removed to Hartford, 
Conn., 1636. 


Charles, a resident of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1668. 

Daniel was at Wickford, R. I., 1671. 
Henry, clergyman, ordained as first min¬ 
ister at Reading, Mass., 1645, died three 
years later. 

Henry freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 1640. 
Henry b. Eng., 1620, was at Hampton, 
N. H., 1644. 

Henry was at Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
Isaac was a resident of Salisbury, 
Mass., 1678. 

Jacob a resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
1678. 

James b. Eng., about 1620, freeman at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1647, removed later 
to Malden, Mass. 

James lived at Romney Marsh now 
Chelsea, Mass., married at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1661. 

James, mariner, sold lands at Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1669. 

John came from London, Eng., to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1632. 

John, surgeon, grandson of Richard, 
son of Richard, b. Bowridge Hill, par¬ 
ish of Gillingham, Dorsetshire, Eng., 
about 1590; first settled at Salem, Mass., 
1635, the following year went to Prov¬ 
idence, R. I., and in 1639 was at Wick¬ 
ford, R. I. 

John a resident of Sandwich, Mass., 
1643. 

John a resident of Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
John located at Fairfield, Conn., 1648, 
made freeman 1662. 

John b. Eng., 1630, settled at Stam¬ 
ford, Conn., 1657. 

John, mariner, brother of James of 
Chelsea, Mass., was at Malden, Mass., 
1673. 

John, inhabitant of Newport, R. I., 

1655- 

John married at Woburn, Mass., 1671. 
Joseph was at Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
Joseph resident of Weymouth, Mass., 
1632. 

Nathaniel married at Boston, Mass., 
1657. 

Nicholas died at York, Maine, 1663. 
Percival, brother of Bartholomew, b. 
Eng., 1603, freeman at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1636. 

Ralph was at Boston, Mass., before 
1642, removed to Malden, Mass., before 

1654- 

Richard came to N. E., 1622 was at 
Weston’s plantation at Weymouth, 
Mass. 


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Richard, mariner, inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., 1654. 

Robert married at Hingham, Mass., 
1666. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1600, came from St. 
Albans, Hertfordshire, Eng., to Lynn, 
Mass., 1635, afterwards was at Ipswich, 
Mass.; about 1655 removed to Malden, 
Mass. 

Tobias was at Hull, Mass., 1675. 
.William, freeman at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1644, resided in that part that 
became Woburn, Mass. 

William, mariner, kept hotel at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1659-77. 

William took oath of allegiance in 
Providence, R. I., 1671. 

William original proprietor of Groton, 
Mass., 1660. 

GREENFIELD 

Samuel, weaver, b. Eng., 1610, came 
from Norwich, County of Norfolk, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1637, removed to 
Hampton, N. H., thence to Exeter, N. 
H., 1645. 

Thomas was at Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 
GREENHILL 

Samuel came from Staplehurst, County 
of Kent, Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 
1634, removed to Hartford, Conn., 1636. 
GREENLAND 

Henry, physician, b. Eng., 1628, resi¬ 
dent of Newbury, Mass., 1662-75. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., 1644. 
GREENLEAF 

The family is of Huguenot origin, the 
name being translated from the French 
word Feuillvert. The family located 
at Ipswich, County of Suffolk, Eng. 
Edmund, dyer, son of John, bapt. par¬ 
ish of St. Mary’s La Tour, Ipswich, 
County of Suffolk, Eng., 1574. Settled 
at Newbury, Mass., 1639, removed to 
Boston, Mass., 1650. 

John, shipwright, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1666. 

GREENMAN, GRENMAN 

David early proprietor of Taunton, 
Mass., freeman at Newport, R. I., 1655. 
John inhabitant of R. I., 1638. 
GREENOUGH 

Local name, the green hill. 

William b. Eng., 1639, sea captain, 
freeman at Boston, Mass., 1669; no male 
issue. 

William, shipwright, cousin of the 
preceding, born Eng., freeman at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1673. 


GREENSMITH 

Stephen was resident of Boston, Mass., 
1636. 

Thomas was at Hartford, Conn., 1660. 
GREENWAY, GRINWAY 

Clement was at Saco, Maine, 1636. 
John, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 

1630. 

Richard lived at Salem, Mass., 1637. 
GREENWOOD 

The family in Eng., in the County of 
York, 1154; the name originating with 
Richard Greenwode in the reign of 
Richard III. 

Nathaniel, son of Miles, b. Norwich, 
Eng., came to Boston, Mass., married 
at Weymouth, Mass., 1660. 

Samuel was at Boston, Mass., 1670. 
Thomas, weaver, son of Miles of Nor¬ 
wich, Eng., b. 1643, was at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1665, removed to Newton, Mass., 
1667. 

GREGORY 

Derived from Gregor, some of the Clan 
McGregor changed their name to Greg¬ 
ory when the clan was prosecuted and 
outlawed. The English family traced 
to Adam Gregory of Lancashire, Eng., 
1450. 

Elizaphal, was at Windsor, Conn., 
1641. 

Henry, son of John, sixth generation 
from Adam, settled at Boston, Mass., 
1633, removed to Springfield, Mass., 
1639, later to Stratford, Conn. 

John was at New Haven, Conn., re¬ 
moved to Norwalk, Conn., 1653. 

John was at Weymouth, Mass., before 
1669. 

Jonas married at Ipswich, Mass., 1653. 
GRENNELL 

Matthew, freeman at Portsmouth, R. 
I., 1655. 

GRICE, GRISE 

Charles, freeman at Braintree, Mass., 
1651. 

Josiah, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man at Boston, Mass., 1690. 

Samuel, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1690. 

GRIDLEY 

Richard resident of Boston, Mass., 

1631. 

Thomas b. County of Essex, Eng., set¬ 
tled at Cambridge, Mass., about 1635; 
removed to Hartford, Conn., later to 
Farmington, Conn., thence to North¬ 
ampton, Mass. 


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GRIFFIN, GRIFFING 

In Welsh Griffwn, a man having a 
crooked nose, like a hawk’s beak. 

Griffyn, Cornish British signifies to 
give. 

Hugh, freeman at Sudbury, Mass,. 
1645. 

Hugh at Stratford, Conn., 1654. 
Humphrey, b. Eng., 1605, at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1641. 

Jasper at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 

John resident of Windsor, Conn., 1646, 
one of the first settlers of Simsbury, 
Conn., granted land for introduction 
of manufacture of pitch and tar. 

John, caulker, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1655. 

Matthew at Saybrook, Conn., 1645, re¬ 
moved to Charlestown, Mass., where 
he married 1654. 

Philip at Salisbury, Mass., 1657. 

Philip died at Scarborough, Maine, 
1668. 

Richard, freeman at Concord, Mass., 

1635. 

Richard, resident of Roxbury, Mass., 
before 1657. 

Robert, freeman at Newport, R. I., 

1653- 

Robert, Welsh descent, b. 1590, settled 
at Concord, Mass., 1639. 

Thomas at New London, Conn., 1651, 
removed 1654 to Stonington, Conn. 
GRIFFITH 

Surname from Welsh cryf, strong, and 
ffyd, faith, one who has strong faith. 
Joshua b. Eng., 1610, came to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., from London, Eng., 
1635 - 

William at Boston, Mass., 1676. 

GRIGGS 

George, b. Eng., 1593, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635; no 
male issue. 

Humphrey died Braintree, Mass., 1657. 
Stephen at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
Thomas b. Eng., at Roxbury, Mass., 
1639, where he died 1646. 

William, cooper, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1672. 

GRIGSON, GREGSON 

Surname, a son of Greer or Gregor, 
same as McGregor. 

Thomas, merchant, came to Boston. 
Mass., 1637, same year went to New 
Haven, Conn.; lost at sea in 1646. 
GRIMES 

George, of Scotch descent, born 1650, 


lived at Charlestown, Billerica and Lex¬ 
ington, Mass. 

Henry at Hartford, Conn., where he 
died 1684. 

Samuel, pewterer, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1642, removed to Plymouth, 
Mass., about 1657. 

William died at Greenwich, Conn., 
leaving no male issue. 

GRINNELL 

Place name from Grenelle, a town in 
France. 

Daniel, inhabitant of Portsmouth, R. I. 
Matthew, French Huguenot, b. Macon, 
France, 1602, freeman at Newport, R. 
I., 1638, removed to Portsmouth, R. I., 
1655. 

GRISWOLD, GRESWOLD 

Place name; family established at Sole- 
hull, Warwickshire, Eng., prior to 1400. 
Edward, attorney, son of George, b. 
Eng., 1607, came from Kenilworth, Eng., 
to Windsor, Conn., 1639, removed 1667 
to Killingworth, now Clinton, Conn. 
Francis at Cambridge, Mass., 1639, 
lived at Charlestown, Mass., 1649. 
Matthew, younger brother of Edward, 
b. Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng., 
settled at Windsor, Conn., 1639, remov¬ 
ed to Saybrook, Conn., 1644, instru¬ 
mental in settling Lyme, Conn. 

GROOM 

Nicholas inhabitant of Mass., 1651. 
Samuel, mariner, at Salisbury, Mass., 
1650, returned to London, Eng., before 
1658. 

GROSS, GROSSE 

Isaac, husbandman, b. Cornwall, Eng., 
admitted to church at Boston, Mass., 
1636, granted land at Muddy River, 
now Brookline, Mass, 

GROSVENOR 

Name signifies a great hunter or the 
grand huntsman, from the French Gros 
Veneur. The ancestor of the family 
assumed the name from holding the 
office of grand huntsman to the Duke 
of Normandy. English family traced 
to Gilbert Le Grosvenor, related to Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror. 

John, son of Sir Richard G of the six¬ 
teenth generation from Gilbert Le Gros¬ 
venor, b. Eng., 1641, came from Ches¬ 
hire, Eng., to N. E., 1670, settled at 
Roxbury, Mass., 1673, removed to Pom- 
fret, Conn., 1686. 

GROUT 

Family originated in Germany where 
they bore the name of Grotioux or 
Grout alias Grote; descended from 


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Guidic or the Great, a courageous and 
daring tribe of Belgic Gaul fifty years 
before the Christian Era. The English 
lineage is traced to Sir Richard Groutte 
of Walton, Derbyshire, Eng., knighted 

1587. 

John, son of Sir Richard, b. Eng., set¬ 
tled at Watertown, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved to Sudbury, Mass., 1643, was 
known as Captain John. 

William resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1664. 

GROVE 

Edward, soldier, of Salem and Boston, 
Mass., 1636; no male issue. 

GROVER 

From Groover, Graver, one who carves 
or engraves. 

Andrew, married at Malden, Mass., 
1674. 

Edmund, resident of Salem, Mass., 

1633. 

John was at Charlestown, Mass., 1634, 
removed to Boston, Mass., the part 
now known as Chelsea. 

Thomas was at Malden, Mass., 1642. 
GROVES 

John was at Kittery, Maine, removed to 
Little Compton, R. I. 

Philip was representative to General 
Court from Hartford, Conn., 1642, re¬ 
moved to Stratford, Conn., before 1650. 
GROW 

John b. Eng., 1642, settled at Ipswich, 
Mass., where he married 1669. 

GRUBB 

Gabriel at Isle of Shoals, N. H., be¬ 
fore 1677. 

Thomas, leather dresser, freeman at 
Boston, Mass., 1634. 

GRUMAN, GRUMMAN, GOWMAN 

John, freeman at Fairfield, Conn., 1664. 
GRUNDY 

Robert resident of Roxbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1679. 

GUERNSEY 

John married at Suffield, Conn., 1693. 

' John came from Isle of Guernsey, Eng., 
settled at Milford, Conn., 1640. 
GUILD, GUILE 

John, weaver, born Eng., 1616, came to 
N. E. 1636, admitted church at Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1640. 

GULL 

William at Wethersfield. Conn., 1640. 
GULLIFORD, GULLIFER, GULLIVER 

Anthony at Dorchester, Mass., 1656, 
in that part of the town now Milton, 
freeman 1666. 


GULLY 

Jacob, resident of Boston, Mass., 1677. 
GULTHROP 

Ralph admitted inhabitant of Boston, 
Mass., 1643. 

GUNN 

From Cornish British Gun, a plain, a 
down, a common. 

Jasper, physician, b. Eng., 1606, came to 
Roxbury, Mass., 1635, removed to Hart¬ 
ford, Conn,, 1645 and 1657 to Milford, 
Conn. 

Thomas, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 

1635, removed to Windsor, Conn., the 
following year. 

GUNNISON 

Hugh b. Eng., 1610, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1636, removed to Kittery, Maine, 
1646, hence to Wells, Maine, 1654. 
GUPPIE, GUPPY, GUPPEY 

John, freeman at Weymouth, Mass., 
1653, removed to Charlestown, Mass. 
Reuben at Salem, Mass., 1648. 

Robert, resident of Salem, Mass., 1647. 
GURLEY 

William at Northampton, Mass., 1679. 
GURNEY 

Place name from the town of Gournay 
in Normandy. 

Edward resident of Cambridge, Mass., 

1636. 

John b. Eng., 1615, settled at Braintree, 
Mass., 1635. 

Richard resident of Weymouth, Mass., 
before 1665. 

GUSTIN 

Huguenot ancestry; Edmund de la Tacq, 
of St. Owens Isle of Jersey, Eng., pro¬ 
genitor of the family. 

Augustine Jean Le Rossignot, son of 
the above of St. Owens, 1647, changed 
his name to the present spelling. The 
name gradually changed to Guston or 
Gustin, and the scrivener turned it into 
Augustine. 

John, (see Augustine). 

GUTTERSON 

John married at Andover, Mass., 1689. 
William, resident of Ipswich, Mass., 
1648. 

GUY 

A term given in Gaul to the mistletoe 
or cure-all; also a guide, a leader, or 
director, from Spanish word Guia. 
Henry, merchant, Charlestown,. Mass., 
1652. 

v John, tenant, Casco, Maine, 1663-75. 
Nicholas b. Eng., 1588, came to Water- 


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town, Mass., 1638, coming from the 
County of Hants, Eng. 

GWIN 

John at Charlestown, Mass., 1646. 
Thomas married at Boston, Mass., 
1660. 

GYLES 

Thomas, early resident of Salem, Mass. 
HABBERFIELD 

William, clothier, Boston, Mass., 1683; 
freeman at Lynn, Mass., 1691. 

HACK 

William, b. Eng., Plymouth, Mass., 
1662, afterwards at Taunton, Mass., 
1660. 

HACKER 

From the Dutch; a chopper, cleaver, 
hewer, figuratively a brave soldier. Dan¬ 
ish hakker, to cut in pieces, to chop, 
to hoe. Hekker, a hedge from hekhe, 
a protection, place of security. 

William settled at Lynn, Mass., 1650. 
HACKETT 

Surname a corruption from the Anglo- 
Saxon word Hacket, which appears in 
the Hundred Rolls of Battle Abbey, 
1273. 

Jabez, Lynn, Mass., 1644, removed to 
Taunton, Mass., 1654. 

William, mariner, Salisbury, Mass.; in 
1657 at Dover, N. H., took oath of 
allegiance Exeter, N. H., 1667. Known 
as Captain William. 

HADDEN, HADDON 

Jared or Gerard came Winthrop’s fleet 
to N. E. 1630, proprietor at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

HADLEY 

A place name; a town in Counties of 
Suffolk and Essex, Eng., from houdt, 
a wood, and ley, a place or field. 
Dennis b. Eng., 1650, settled at Sud¬ 
bury, Mass. 

George, b. Eng., 1600, settled at Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1639, removed to Rowley, 
Mass., 1665, returned to Ipswich, Mass. 

HADLOCK 

James, b. Eng.; at Salem, Mass., before 
1669, afterwards at Roxbury, Mass. 
John died at Concord, Mass., 1675. 
Nathaniel at Charlestown, Mass., 
1643, freeman 1646, removed to Lan¬ 
caster, Mass., 1658. 

HAFFELL, HAFFIELD 

Richard b. Eng., 1581, came to Ipswich, 
Mass., io^f; no male issue. 

HAGAR 

From Hebrew hagar, a stranger, 
fearing. Hygar in Welsh is amiable 


pleasing. Hegar in Cornish British,, 
lovely, also a bondsman, a slave; in 
Gaelic, argher, gladness, joy, mirth. 
William, b. Eng., 1625, at Watertown,. 
Mass., 1645, where he died 1683-84. 
HAGBORNE, HACKBORNE 

Abraham, shoemaker, at Boston, Mass.,, 
as early as 1639. 

Samuel, first record at Roxbury, Mass., 

1635. 

HAGGETT 

Henry at Salem, Mass., 1642, freeman 
1676, resided afterwards at Wenham, 
Mass. 

HAILSTONE 

William, original proprietor, Taunton, 
Mass., 1640, acquired estate at Boston, 
Mass., 1646. 

HALBRIDGE, HOLBRIDGE 

Arthur at Boston, Mass., 1635, removed 1 
to New Haven, Conn., 1639. 

HALE 

Hal from the Welsh, signifying a moor, 
hayle, a salt-water river. The Hales of 
Kent have existed in that locality since 
the reign of Edward III. They were* 
numerous in Hertfordshire early in the 
thirteenth century. 

Gershom, inhabitant of Springfield, 
Mass., 1698. 

John from Berwick on the Tweed, 
Eng., came to N. E., 1631. Lived at 
Roxbury and Cambridge, Mass., before' 
becoming one of the first settlers of 
Concord, Mass. 

Robert b. Eng., 1609, came from County 
of Kent, Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., 
1632. 

Samuel b. Eng., 1610, was at Hartford, 
Conn., 1640, removed to Wethersfield, 
Conn., two years later; one of the first 
proprietors of Norwalk, Conn., 1654, 
returned to Westersfield, that part now 
known as Glastonbury, 1660. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, 
bachelor, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1634; 
removed 1636 to Hartford, Conn., and 
was one of the first settlers at Nor¬ 
walk, Conn., 1656. 

Thomas, only son of Thomas 

H. qf- the parish of Walton-at-Stone, 
IJ^rtfordshire, Eng., b. 1606, settled at 
> Newbury, Mass., 1635, removed to Hav- 
H erhill, Mass., 1649, returned to New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1652, and 1659 became resi¬ 
dent of Salem, Mass. 

Thomas freeman at Saco, Maine, 1653. 
Thomas married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1659. 


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Thomas married at Hadley, Mass., 
1676. 

Timothy married at Windsor, Conn., 
1663, removed to Suffield, Conn., 1680. 
William died at Billerica, Mass., 1668. 
HALEY 

Family of Irish origin. 

Andrew, fisherman, was at Isle of 
Shoals, N. H., purchased land at York, 
Maine, 1684. 

John married at Hadley, Mass., 1681. 
Thomas an inhabitant of Wells or Saco, 
Maine, before 1650. 

HALL 

The Norman or Anglo-Saxon usage of 
de la Hall is without doubt the founda¬ 
tion of this surname. Some authori¬ 
ties claim it is the Welsh word for salt, 
others from the Norwegian word hallo. 
Andrew, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1677. 

Benjamin, a Quaker, was at Dover, N. 
H., 1659, removed to Portsmouth, R. I., 
where he married 1676. 

Benjamin, married, Wrentham, Mass., 
1692. 

Christopher resident of Groton, Mass., 
1672. 

Daniel, merchant at New Haven, Conn., 
1670, died at Barbadoes, 1675. 

Edward, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1636. 

Edward, son of Francis H. of Hinbor- 
ough, Eng., was at Duxbury, Mass., 
1636, removed to Taunton, Mass., 1641, 
settled at Bridgewater, Mass., 1645, 
hence to Rehoboth, Mass., 1652. 

Francis, attorney, son of Gilbert H. 
of Kent, Eng., came to N. E. in Rev. 
Henry Whitfield’s company from Mil¬ 
ford, County of Surrey, Eng., settled 
at New Haven, Conn., 1639, the next 
year went to Fairfield, Conn., and 1659 
to Stratford, Conn. 

George came from Devonshire, Eng.; 
recorded as a proprietor at Duxbury, 
Mass., 1637, one of the original pro¬ 
prietors of Taunton, Mass., 1643-64. 
Henry resident of Westerly, R. I., 1664. 
Job resident of New Haven, Conn., 

1646. 

John b. Eng., 1605, came from Coven¬ 
try, Eng., in Winthrop’s fleet 1630, lo¬ 
cating at Charlestown, Mass.; removed 
to Barnstable, Mass., 1640, thence in 
1653 to Yarmouth, Mass. 

John inhabitant of Kittery, Maine, 
1640. 

John b. Eng., 1617, freeman at Charles¬ 


town, Mass., 1635; removed to Dover, 
N. H., on tax list of 1648. 

John b. County of Kent, Eng., 1584, 
freeman at Boston, Mass., 1635, at 
Hartford, Conn., 1636, removed to 
Middletown, Conn., 1654. 

John a selectman of Boston, Mass., 

1657- 

John a resident of Newport, R. I., 
1638, freeman there 1655. 

John b. Eng., 1605, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1633, thence to Hartford, Conn., 
was one of the free planters of New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, removed to Wal¬ 
lingford, Conn., 1670. 

John married at Taunton, Mass., 1671. 
John freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 
1684. 

John, inhabitant of Wethersfield, died 
there 1692. 

John b. Eng., 1627, granted land in Bil¬ 
lerica, Mass., 1652; was at Concord, 
Cambridge and Medford, Mass. 

Mary, widow, at Cambridge, Mass., 
1653; had three sons, John, William and 
Stephen. 

Nathaniel, resident of Dorchester, 
Mass., 1633. 

Ralph, brother of John of Dover, b. 
Eng., 1619, was at Charlestown, Mass., 

1647, removed to Dover, N. H., 1650, 
thence in 1664 to Exeter, N. H. 
Richard, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1644. 

Richard came from Stratford on the 
Avon, Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., set¬ 
tled Bradford, Mass., 1672, made free¬ 
man 1676. 

Samuel, resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
1640. 

Samuel on record at Taunton, Mass., 

1666. 

Samuel, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1670. 

Thomas, brother of Edward of Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., resident of that town, 

1648. 

Tristam at Barnstable, Mass., 1645. 
William, living at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1638, freeman there 1655. 

William, brother of Francis, came with 
him to N. E., settled at Guilford, Conn., 
1640. 

HALLADAY, HALLIDAY 

This name originated from Holy-day, 
the‘slogan or war gry of a Gaelic clan 
residing in Annandale, who made fre¬ 
quent raids on the English border. On 
these occasions they employed the war- 


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cry of “A holy-day" every day being 
holy that was spent in ravaging the 
enemy’s country. 

Walter settled at Springfield, Mass., 

1673- 

HALLAM 

From hall, Welsh, salt, and ham, a house 
or village from its manufacture at that 
place or being situated near salt water. 
Also from hal or hayle, a moor, and 
ham, the house on the moor. Halham, 
the house on the hill, from hal Cornish 
British, a hill. 

John came from Barbadoes to Ston- 
ington, Conn., 1677. 

Nicholas, brother of the preceding, 
married at New London, Conn., 1686. 
HALLETT, LIOLLETT 

Little Hal or Henry, the diminutive ter¬ 
mination ett being added as Willett, 
Ellett. 

Andrew came to Plymouth Colony, 

1637, proprietor at Dorchester, Mass., 

1638, removed to Sandwich, Mass., af¬ 
terwards to Yarmouth, Mass. 

HALLOCK, HALLECK 

David at Dorchester, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass., 1644. 

Peter at New Haven, Conn., 1640, same 
year settled at Southold, L. I. 

HALLOWELL, HOLLOWAY 

Signification of the surname Holy well. 
Andrew, New Haven, Conn., 1654. 
Timothy, Taunton, Mass., 1643. 
William, Marshfield or Taunton, 
Mass., 1643, removed to Boston, Mass., 
1650. 

HALSEY 

From the Saxon hals and ey or ig, an 
island, water, the sea; the neck on the 
water or running into the sea, the is¬ 
land neck. 

George, blacksmith, b. Eng., 1614, first 
settled at Dorchester, Mass., removed to 
Boston, Mass., 1642. 

James, mathematician, freeman at Bos- 
, ton, Mass., 1690. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1591-92, at Lynn, 
Mass., 1637, removed in a few years to 
Southampton, L. I. 

William, living at Boston, Mass., 1654. 
HALSTEAD 

Henry, Concord, Mass., 1648. 
Nathaniel, freeman Dedham, Mass., 
1641. 

HAM 

A house, borough or village, the termin¬ 
ation of many places in England. Ger¬ 
man helm, a home. 


John, b. Eng., 1640, at Dover, N. H. 
1665, afterwards at Casco, Maine. 
William, Scotch ancestry, came to N. 
E. in 1645 to Exeter, N. H., removed 
to Portsmouth, N. H., 1652. 

HAMILTON 

Originally from the manor of the Hara- 
bleton in Buckinghamshire, Eng. Wil¬ 
liam the third son of Robert, third 
Earl of Leicester, took the surname from 
the place of his birth as above. He 
was the founder of the family in Scot¬ 
land, whither he went in 1215. The 
name of Norman origin is derived from 
Harnell, a mansion, the seat of a free¬ 
holder, and dun, an enclosure, a fortified 
place, a town. The family was firmly 
established in Lanarkshire, Renfrew¬ 
shire and Ayrshire, Scotland, before the 
fourteenth century. 

David, descendant of Lanarkshire fam¬ 
ily, came from Hamilton near Glas¬ 
gow, Scotland, to Charlestown, Mass., 
1652, one of the prisoners sent by Crom¬ 
well, after the battle of Worcester. Af¬ 
ter working for his liberty settled at 
Dover, N. H., what is now known as 
Rollinsford. 

John, first recorded at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1658, removed to Concord, Mass., 
1667 and in 1671 to Marlboro, Mass. 
William married at Boston, Mass., 
1654 - 
HAMLET 

William, b. Eng., 1614, settled at Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass., 1642, removed to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1645, granted land at 
Billerica, Mass., 1656. 

HAMLIN, HAMBLIN 

A corruption of Hammeline, which was 
taken from Hamelin, a town on the 
river Weser, Lower Saxony, Germany. 
Hamelin, a town in Scotland so called 
from ham, a house or village, and lin, 
a waterfall, a small lake or pond. The 
family was brought into England by a 
follower of William the Conqueror. 
Ezekiel married at Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Giles, engaged in foreign commerce, 
known as captain, b. Eng., 1622, settled 
at Middletown, Conn., 1654. 

James, son of Giles, grandson of John 
Hamelyn, living at Cornwall, Eng., 1570, 
came from parish of St. Lawrence. 
Reading, Berkshire, Eng., to Barnstable, 
Mass., 1639. 

John, brother of the preceding, at Barn¬ 
stable, Mass., 1639. 

HAMMANT 

Francis, settled before 1650 in that 
part of Dedham, Mass., that afterwards 
became Medfield. 


evil 


HAMMATT, HAMMETT 

Thomas took oath of allegiance to 
Mass., 1658, while residing at Scarbor¬ 
ough, Maine. 

HAMMOND 

Ham-mount, the town or house on the 
elevation. It may, however, come from 
the Hebrew word hamon, faithful. 
Benjamin, son of William, came from 
London, Eng., to Yarmouth, Mass., 
1643, was at Sandwich, Mass., 1650, re¬ 
moved to Rochester, Mass., where he 
was living 1663. 

Edward, b. Eng., 1640, settled in R. I. 
George, freeman at Newport, R. I., 1655. 
John, twin brother of Thomas, grand¬ 
son of John, son of John, b. at Milford, 
County of Suffolk, Eng., 1603, settled 
at Hingham, Mass., where land was 
granted him 1636. 

Lawrence, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1666, a captain and representative, re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass., 1677. 

Thomas, twin brother of John, settled 
at Hingham, Mass., 1636, removed to 
Cambridge, the part now known as 
Newton, 1650. 

William, only son of Thomas H., b. 
Lavenham, County of Suffolk, Eng., 
1575. First record in 1636 at Scituate, 
Mass., the same year admitted freeman 
at Watertown, Mass. 

William, b. Eng., 1597, came from 
Slymbridge, Eng., settled at Wells, 
Maine, 1653. He died in 1702 being one 
hundred and five years of age. 
HANBURY 

Daniel, b. Eng., 1606, came to N. E., 

1635. 

Luke, inhabitant of Mass., 1637. 

Peter at Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 
William, living at Duxbury, Mass., 
1639, where he married 1641, removed 
to Boston, Mass., 1649. 

HANCOCK 

Anthony, living at Wrentham, Mass., 
1681, had been a domestic of William 
Sumner of Dorchester, Mass. 

John, proprietor at New Haven, Conn., 
1679. 

Nathaniel at Cambridge, Mass., 1634. 
Thomas at Hadley, Mass., 1678. 
HANCOX 

Thomas, b. 1645, living at Farmington, 
Conn., 1670, keeper of the goal at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1691. 

HAND 

Joseph, one of the first settlers of Kil¬ 
ling-worth, Conn., 1663. 


HANDFORTH 

Nathaniel came from London, Eng., 
to Lynn, Mass., 1637. 

HANDS 

Mark, nailer, b. 1619, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1639. 

HANFORD 

From Welsh hen, old, and ford a way, 
“the old way.” 

Thomas, clergyman, came to Scituate, 
Mass., 1643, freeman of Mass., 1650, 
two years later became minister at Nor¬ 
walk, Conn. 

HANMER, HANMORE 

John 1 at Scituate, Mass., 1639, next 
year at Duxbury, Mass, lived at Marsh¬ 
field, Mass., 1663. 

HANNADOWN 

Roger, ship carpenter, was at Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., removed to Boston, 
Mass., 1643. 

HANNAH 

Robert, married at Wickford, R. I., 
before 1690. 

HANNIFORD, HANNIFALL 

John, mariner at Boston, Mass., 1647. 
Richard, inhabitant of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1674. 

HANNUM 

William, came from Eng., to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1630, removed to Windsor, 
Conn., 1637, and to Springfield, Mass., 
1655. 

HANOVER 

Richard settled at Marblehead, Mass., 
1660. 

HANSCOM, HANSON 

Family traced in England to Roger de 
Rastrick, living in 1251 at Wapentake, 
Morley, Yorkshire; of the sixth gener¬ 
ation from him. Henry, son of John 
de Rastrick, became known as Henry’s 
son then Hanson, thus the foundation of 
the name. 

Isaac, resident of Portsmouth, N. H., 

1679- 

James, inhabitant of Mass., 1666. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1623, came from Sut¬ 
ton parish, Bedfordshire, Eng., 1629, 
with his relations; to Salem, Mass., 
granted lands near Salmon Falls, N. H., 
1658, afterwards lived at Dover, N. H., 
and at Kittery, Maine, 1678. 
HANSETT, HANCHET 

John, admitted church at Boston, Mass., 
1634, removed to Braintree, Mass., af¬ 
terwards to Roxbury, Mass. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
at Wethersfield, Conn., removed to New 



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London, Conn., 1651, was at Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass., 1660, removed to Westfield, 
Mass., thence to Suffield, Conn., where 
he died 1686. 

HANWELL 

Ambrose took oath of fidelity to Mass., 
at Pemaquid, Maine, 1674. 

HAPGOOD 

Shadrach, b. Eng., 1642, came to Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., 1656, was killed King Phil¬ 
ip’s War, leaving male issue. 
HARCUTT, HARKER 

Richard, freeman Warwick, R. I., 

1655. 

HARDEN, HARDIN 

Edward at Gloucester, Mass., 1675. 
Richard, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1671. 

HARDIER 

Richard, freeman at Braintree, Mass., 
1648. 

HARDING 

Har from here, an army, and ing, a 
meadow or common. The place where 
an army was encamped. The surname 
is derived from the ancient personal 
name of Hardin, used in Germany, 
Scandinavia and Britain before the 
Feudal system. The name is mentioned 
1086 in the Doomesday Book. 

Abraham, glover and planter, son of 
John H. of Boram, County of Essex, 
Eng., b. 1620. Came to N. E., settled 
at Boston, Mass., 1640, freeman 1645, 
removed to Braintree 1648, hence 1653 
to Medfield, Mass. 

George, Marblehead, 1649. 

John, freeman at Weymouth, Mass., 
1640. 

Martha, widow, resident of Plymouth, 
Mass., 1632, died the following year 
leaving two sons. 

Philip, married, Boston, Mass., 1659. 
Robert, came with Winthrop 1630, free¬ 
man 1631 at Boston, Mass., removed to 
R. I., returned to Eng., 1645, leaving no 
issue in this country. 

Thomas, admitted inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., 1656. 

HARDISON 

Stephen, English descent, settled at 
Berwick, Maine, 1691. 

HARDMAN 

John, at Lynn, Mass., 1647. 

HARDY, HARDIE 

From French, bold, free, noble. 

George, resident of Newbury, Mass, be¬ 
fore 1693. 

John, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1634. 


/ 

Richard, at Concord, Mass., 1639, ro» 
moved to Stamford, Conn.; no male 
issue. 

Samuel, town clerk, Beverly, Mass., 
1674. 

Thomas, brother of John, b. Eng., 1606, 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1633, removed to 
Rowley, Mass., and in 1653 to Brad¬ 
ford, Mass. 

HARLOW 

William, known as Sergeant William, 
a youth with an unknown father came 
from Eng., to Lynn, Mass., where he 
appeared in list of inhabitants 1629-30, 
one of the settlers of Sandwich, Mass., 
1637, was living at Portsmouth, Mass., 
1662. 

HARMON, HARMAN, HERMAN 

The surname same as Heartman to wit, 
a man of heart and courage or like 
Herman from here, an army, and man, 
a soldier. 

Francis, came to N. E. from London, 
Eng., 1635, settled at Braintree, Mass., 
1640. 

James, Saco, Maine, 1655. 

John, b. Eng., 1617, came to N. E., 
1640, proprietor at Springfield, Mass., 
1644. 

John at Plymouth, Mass., 1643, Dux- 
bury 1659, removed to Saco, Maine, 
1680. 

Joseph, resident of Kittery, Maine, 
1674. 

Nathaniel, brother of first John, set¬ 
tled at Braintree, Mass., 1640. 

Samuel at Boston, Mass., 1689. 
HARNDEN, HARNDALE 

Benjamin, at Lynn, Mass., 1647, prom¬ 
inent in the settlement of Reading, 
Mass. 

HARNETT 

Edward, granted iiand Salem, Mass , 
1640. 

HARPER 

Joseph was at Braintree, Mass., at early 
period. 

Robert, Quaker, at Sandwich, Mass., 
resident of Boston, Mass., 1659. 
HARRADEN, HARRIDIN 

Edward at Ipswich, Mass., 1651, remov¬ 
ed to Gloucester, Mass., 1658. 
HARRIMAN, HERRIMAN 

Augustine at Saybrook, Conn., 1651. 
John, an innholder at New Haven, 
Conn., 1646. 

Leonard, brother of the preceding, b. 
Rowley, Yorkshire, Eng., 1622, came as 
a minor in 1640, settled at Rowley, 
Mass. 


C1X 


HARRINGTON 

Place name from parish of Harrington, 
County of Cumberland, Eng., corrupted 
from Haverington so called from haver, 
Dutch, kaber, Teutonic, oats, ing a field, 
and ton. The town in or surrounded 
by oat fields. 

Edward, resident of Charlestown, 

Mass., 1643. 

Richard, freeman at Charlestown, 

Mass., 1647. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1616, settled at Water- 
town, Mass., 1634, proprietor 1642. 
Samuel, at Hatfield, Mass., 1679. 
HARRIS 

The Welsh in order to distinguish be¬ 
tween the bearers of the same Chris¬ 
tian names used as follows: Williams, 
son of Harry; this eventually became 
William Harris. 

Anthony, arrived N. E., 1644, lived at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648, afterwards re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass. 

Arthur at Duxbury, Mass., 1640, 
amongst first settlers of Bridgewater, 
Mass., later removed to Boston, Mass. 
Benjamin, bookseller, Boston, Mass., 
1687, returned to London, Eng., 1694. 
Bernard, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1666. 

Daniel, brother of Anthony, at Row- 
ley, Mass., 1643, removed to Middle- 
town, Conn., 1652, there became inn¬ 
holder and captain in militia. 

Daniel, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1695. 

David, mariner, at Boston, Mass., 1676. 
Experience, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1676. 

George, b. Eng., proprietor at Salem, 
Mass., 1636. 

George married at Concord, Mass., 
1669. 

George died a; Boston, Mass., 1686. 
James, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1668. 

John, son of Thomas, grandson of John 
of Ottery, St. Mary’s, Devonshire, Eng., 
b. Eng., 1607, came to N. E. 1635, free¬ 
man 1647, became identified with Row- 
ley, Mass. 

John, married at Boston, Mass., 1671. 
John, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
1658. 

John, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 1685. 
John, fisherman, at Marblehead, Mass., 

1673. 

John, weaver, resided at Marblehead, 
Mass., 1674. 


Joseph, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1672. 

Richard at Braintree, Mass., 1663. 
Richard, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1680. 

Richard, living at Charlestown, Mass., 
1682. 

Robert, resident of Boston, in the part 
now known as Brookline, Mass., 1643. 
Samuel, mariner, Salem, Mass., after¬ 
wards at Manchester, Mass., 1667, re¬ 
moved to Beverly, Mass. 

Thomas, b. Deal, County of Kent, Eng., 
came with Winthrop to N. E., 1630, 
one of the twelve that signed the com¬ 
pact with Roger Williams, and became 
proprietor of Providence, R. I. 

Thomas at Ipswich, Mass., 1636, grant¬ 
ed land Rowley, Mass., 1644. 

Thomas, butcher, at Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1679. 

Thomas at Concord, Mass., 1688. 
Walter came to N. E., 1632, freeman 
Weymouth, Mass., 1641, was at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1649, removed to New 
London, Conn., 1653. 

William, brother of Thomas of Provi¬ 
dence, b. Eng., 1609-10, came to Bos¬ 
ton, 1636, with Roger Williams, among 
the first settlers of Providence, R. I. 
Sold into slavery by Algerines, 1679, 
ransomed, reached London, Eng., 1680, 
where he died in that year. 

William, brother of Anthony, came 
with his mother in his youth to N. E., 
removed to Rowley, Mass., thence to 
Charlestown, Mass., again in a few 
years to Middletown, Conn. 

William, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1672. 

William, merchant, died before 1684 
at Boston, Mass. 

HARRISON 

The same as Harris. 

Isaac married at Hadley, Mass., 1671. 
John, ropemaker, at Salisbury, Mass., 
1640, removed to Boston, Mass., 1643. 
Mark, signed memorial to General 
Court of Mass., 1654, 

Nicholas, resident of Dover, N. H., 
1673-1707. 

Richard, New Haven, 1644; descendants 
removed to Newark, N. J. 

Thomas, clergyman, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, b. Eng., settled 1654, New Hav¬ 
en, Conn., afterwards removed to Bran¬ 
ford, Conn. 

HARROD 

John, resident of Boston. Mass.. 1651. 


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HART 

Edmund came to N. E. with Winthrop 
1630, removed to Weymouth, Mass.; 
freeman, 1634. 

Ephraim, brother of the preceding, 
resided at Weymouth, Mass., 1634. 
Isaac, b. Scratby, Eng., 1614, settled 
at Watertown, Mass., 1637. 

John, shipwright, b. Eng., 1595, came 
to N. E. 1635, at Salem, Mass., 1637, 
at Marblehead, Mass., 1648, and remov¬ 
ed to Boston, Mass., 1651. 

John, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1665. 
Joseph married at Lynn, Mass., 1684. 
Lawrence at Newbury, Mass., 1679. 
Nathaniel, resident of Ipswich, Mass., 
1636. 

Nicholas came to Taunton, Mass., 
1642, afterwards to Boston, Mass. 
Richard living at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1687. 

Samuel, b. Eng., 1622, was at Lynn, 
Mass., 1640. 

Stephen, b. Braintree, County of Es¬ 
sex, Eng., 1605, came to N. E., 1632, 
freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 1634, 
removed with Rev. Thomas Hooker’s 
company to Hartford, Conn., one of the 
original proprietors of Farmington, 
Conn. 

Thomas, tanner, came to Boston, Mass., 
1635, proprietor Ipswich, Mass., 1639, at 
New Haven, Conn., 1645. 
HARTSHORN 

The horn of the hart or male deer, an, 
emblem or sign over shop or inn, hence 
the name “Will at the Hartshorn.” It is 
also a place name from a parish in the 
Litchfield diocese, Derbyshire, Eng. The 
early English records mentioned Henry 
de Hartshorn living in the thirteenth 
century. 

Thomas, b. Reading, Eng., 1614, free¬ 
man at Reading, Mass., 1648. 

HARTUT, HARTOPP 

William at Duxbury, Mass., 1643. 

HARTWELL 

Place name from a village in Bucking¬ 
hamshire, Eng. The well or spring fre¬ 
quented by deer. Decannarius de Hert- 
well recorded in the Hundred Rolls 
1273 as living in Northamptonshire. 
William, b. Eng., 1613, settled at Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1636, in the part now known 
as Lincoln. Granted land at Chelms¬ 
ford, Mass., 1663. 

HARVEY . . 

From Saxon here, an army, and wie, a 
fort. The progenitor of the family was 
Herveus de Bourges, who came with 


William the Conqueror according to the 
Doomesday Book. He was a baron in 
1086 in the County of Suffolk, and a 
grandson of Geoffrey, third viscount of 
Bourges, an ancient city of Berry, a for¬ 
mer province of France. 

Edmund, merchant, Milford, Conn., 
1639, removed to Fairfield, Conn., 1642. 
Joachim, freeman Newcastle or Great 
Isle, N. H., 1669. 

John, resident of Lyme or New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1682. 

Peter, shipbuilder, at Salem, Mass., 
1692. 

Thomas, son of Thomas, sixth genera¬ 
tion from Humphrey Harvey, born 1485, 
a noted archer in the reign of Henry 
VIII. 

Thomas, American immigrant, b. Ashilf, 
Somersetshire, Eng., 1617, came to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1636, proprietor Taunton, 
Mass., 1639. 

Thomas married at Amesbury, Mass., 
1643 - 

William, brother of the first Thomas, 
was at Plymouth, Mass., proprietor at 
Taunton, Mass., 1639. 

William, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1644. 

HARWOOD 

The ancient spelling of the name is 
Hereward and is of Saxon origin. Ac¬ 
cording to the Doomesday Book the 
family held lands in Lincoln and War¬ 
wick before the Conquest. Hereward 
was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, 
and Lord of Bourne of Lincolnshire. 
Andrew, b. Eng., came from Devon¬ 
shire to Boston, Mass., 1640. 

Edward at New Haven, Conn., 1641. 
George, carpenter, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1639, removed to New London, 
Conn., 1651. 

Henry, came to N. E. with Winthrop, 
1630, freeman at Charlestown, Mass., 
1633 - 

Henry at Salem, Mass., 1638, freeman 

1643- 

Henry, shoemaker, resident at Boston, 
Mass., 1665, removed to Casco, Maine, 
1675, returned to Boston, Mass., before 
1683. 

John, tailor, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1649, returned to Eng., 1657. 

Nathaniel, cordwainer, brother of 
Henry of Charlestown, came to N. E. 
1630, settled at Boston, Mass., was at 
Concord, Mass., 1665, afterwards at 
Charlestown, Mass. 


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Robert, baker, at Boston, Mass., 1674. 
Thomas married at Boston, Mass., 

1654- 

HASEMAN 

Nathaniel, at Braintree, Mass., 1662. 
HASEY, HAZZEY 

William, lived at Rumsey Marsh, now 
Chelsea, Mass., 1652, freeman 1665. 
HASKELL, HASCALL 

From Welsh hasg, a place of rushes or 
sedgy place, and hall or hayle a moor, 
“The sedgy place.” Asgall in the Gaelic 
signifies a sheltered place, a retreat, with 
addition of the asperate H might mean 
the name. 

Roger, of Norman French descent, b. 
1613, came to Mass., 1637, settled at 
Salem, Mass., removed to Beverly, 
Mass. 

Tobias, resident of Lynn, Mass., 1645. 
William, brother of Roger, b. 1617, 
first on record Gloucester, Mass., 1642, 
held the title of captain. 

William, resident of Salem, Mass., 
1679. 

HASKETT 

Stephen, soap-boiler, at Salem, Mass., 
1664. 

HASKINS, HOSKINS 

Andrew, freeman at Windsor, Conn., 

1654- 

John, b. Eng., came to N. E., 1630, set¬ 
tled at Dorchester, Mass., where he was 
a freeman 1631; one of the pioneers of 
Windsor, Conn. 

Samuel married at New Haven, Conn., 
1642. 

Thomas, at Barnstable, Mass., 1668. 
William, at New Haven, Conn., 1643. 
William, b. Eng., settled at Plymouth, 
1633, afterwards at Scituate and Mid- 
dleboro, Mass. 

HASSELL 

John, freeman, Ipswich, Mass., 1637, 
removed Rehoboth, Mass., 1642, return¬ 
ed to Ipswich, 1648. 

Richard, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 
1647, removed Watertown, Mass. 
HASTINGS 

The name is of Danish origin and has 
been in existence in England, since Al¬ 
fred the Great reign, when a Danish 
chief named Hastings took possession 
of a portion of County of Sussex. At 
the time of the Norman Invasion the 
family held the castle and seaport of 
Hastings at which place William the 
Conqueror landed and gave battle to the 
Saxons under Harold II., who was de¬ 
feated, dying on the field of battle. The 


first of the family to be elevated to the 
peerage was Henry. Lord Hastings, son 
of William de Hastings, steward of 
Henry III, 1154-89. 

John, tanner, freeman Braintree, Mass., 

1643. 

Robert took oath of fidelity, Haverhill, 
Mass., 1677. 

Thomas, farmer, b. Eng., 1605, came to 
V N. E., 1634, settled at Watertown, 

Mass. 

HATCH 

The ancient stops, or hatches consisted 
of sundry great stakes and piles erected 
by fishermen in rivers and other streams 
for their better convenience of securing 
fish. Also a term for gates leading to 
deer-parks or forests. 

Charles, fisherman, at York, Maine, be¬ 
fore 1655. 

Joseph, located at Falmouth, Maine, 
1630. 

Philip, b. Eng., 1600, became inhabitant 
of Maine, 1638, proprietor of York, 
Maine, 1648. 

Thomas, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1634, removed to Scituate, Mass., where 
he died 1646. 

William, merchant, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, b. Sandwich, County of Kent, 
Eng., came to N. E., 1630, returned to 
Eng., and again returned to N. E., lo¬ 
cating 1635 at Scituate, Mass. 

William, resident of New London, 
Conn., 1690. 

HATHAWAY 

Place name from Port Haethwy in 
Wales. 

Arthur, married Marshfield, Mass., 
1643. 

John, b. Eng., 1617, came to Barn¬ 
stable, Mass., 1635, removed to Taunton, 
Mass., 1649. 

Joseph, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man Taunton, Mass., 1657. 
HATHERLY, HETHERLY 

Arthur, Plymouth, Mass., 1660. 

George, first record Boston, Mass., 1676. 
Thomas was at Boston, Mass., 1668. 
Timothy, merchant, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1623, returned to Eng. next year, 
arrived second time in N. E. at Boston, 
Mass., 1632, coming from Barnstable, 
Devonshire, Eng., where there is a par¬ 
ish of Hatherly. 

HATHORNE, HAWTHORNE 

A dwelling near haw thorns. 

Ebenezer, Salem, Mass., 1669. 

John, farmer, son of William PL, b. 
Binfield, Berkshire, Eng., 1615, located 


CX11 


at Salem, Mass., 1635, removed to Lynn, 
Mass., 1650. 

William, brother of the preceding, b. 
Binfield, Berkshire, Eng., 1607, came in 
Winthrop’s fleet to N. E., 1630, settled 
at Dorchester, Mass., removed to Salem, 
Mass., 1636. 

HAUGHTON 

Henry, came to Salem, Mass., 1629, 
in fleet of Higginson, made ruling elder, 
died same year. 

Richard, shipwright, at Boston, Mass., 
removed New London, Conn., 1642. 
HAVEN or HAVENS 

From haven, a harbor. 

Richard came from west of England, 
to Lynn, Mass., 1645. 

William in list of inhabitants Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1639. 

HAVILAND 

Edward was at Boston, Mass., before 
1657 - 

William, freeman Newport, R. I., 1653. 
HAW, HAWES 

From Saxon word haeg, a small inclos¬ 
ure near a house, a haugh, a close. 
The name of a town in Eng.; Alen del 
Hawes on record in the Hundred Rolls 

1273- 

Daniel, resident of Wrentham, Mass., 
before 1681. 

Edmund, cutler, came from London, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635, removed to 
Yarmouth, Mass. 

Edward, mason, b. Eng., 1620, settled 
at Dedham, Mass., 1648. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1606, came to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1635, freeman, 1638. 
Robert, soap-boiler, came from London, 
Eng., 1635, to Salem, Mass. 

Robert joined the church at Roxbury, 
Mass., 1665. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1590, settled at Salem, 
Mass., 1637, removed 1639, Yarmouth, 
Mass.; had the title of captain. 

William, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

HAWKE, HAWKES, HAWKS 

Adam, b. Eng., 1608, came to N. E. with 
Gov. Winthrop, located at Charlestown, 
Mass., proprietor in Lynn, Mass., 1638, 
what is now North Saugus, Mass. 

John, b. Eng., freeman Dorchester, 
Mass., 1634, settled at Windsor, Conn., 
1640. 

Matthew came from Cambridge, Eng., 
to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 
HAWKEHURST, HAWXHURST 

Christopher, freeman Warwick, R. I., 
1655. 


HAWKESWORTH 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1612, came to N. E. 
i 635, original proprietor of Salisbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

HAWKINS 

The early English records mention 
Capt. John Hawkins in the reign of 
Henry VIII. 

Abraham, freeman Charlestown, Mass.. 
1642. 

Anthony, resident Windsor, Conn., 
1644. 

Gamaliel, mariner, at Salem, Mass., 
1688. 

George, shipwright, at Boston, Mass., 
1644. 

James at Boston, Mass., 1635. 

John, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1654. 

Richard at Boston, Mass., 1637, after¬ 
wards at Portsmouth, R. I. 

Robert, son of Sir John H., b. Eng., 
1610, settled at Charlestown, Mass., 
1635, removed to Fairfield, Conn. 
Robert, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Thomas, merchant, granted lot Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1636, lived at Dorchester, 
Mass., removed to Boston, Mass. 
Thomas, baker, brother of Abraham, 
arrived N. E., 1649; in his latter days 
he kept an inn. 

Timothy, resident of Watertown, 
Mass., 1635. 

William, butcher, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1666. 

William, b. Eng., 1609, freeman at 
Providence, R. I., 1655. 

HAWLEY 

From haw, a hedge, Saxon haeg, a small 
piece of ground near a house, and ley, 
a field or meadow. The name appears 
in the Battle Abbey, at time of the 
Conquest and it was prominently iden¬ 
tified in Derbyshire 1200. 

Joseph, yeoman, born Parwich, Derby¬ 
shire, Eng., 1603, came to N. E. 1639, 
on record at Stratford, Conn., 1650. 
Samuel at Norwalk, Conn., 1657, among 
the first settlers at Stratford, Conn., 
1666. 

Thomas, resident of Roxbury, Mass., 
before 1651. 

HAWTHORNE—see HATHORNE 
HAXIE, HAUKSIE, HOXIE 

Lodowick, married at Sandwich, Mass., 
1664. 

HAY 

In Dutch hoag, Saxon hege, German 
heck, Danish hekke, Swedish hayn 


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French haie, Welsh car, Gaelic ca, Cor¬ 
nish British hay. 

James, among the early settlers of 
Reading, Mass. 

HAYDEN, FIAYDON, HEYDON 

Surname derived from the town of 
Heyden, Denmark; a place built, made, 
inclosed or cultivated, from Danish 
daene, to form, to fashion, to make, cul¬ 
tivate. In the County of Norfolk, Eng., 
is the town of Heyden, where Thomas 
de Heyden was a resident 1221. 

James, freeman, Charlestown, Mass., 

1637. 

John, son of Gideon H., XVIIth genera¬ 
tion from Sir Thomas de Heyden, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1630, proprietor Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1632, removed to Brain¬ 
tree, Mass. 

William, came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed to Hartford, Conn., later, 
1637 to Windsor, Conn., in 1666, at Kil- 
lingworth, Conn., and at Fairfield, 
Conn., 1662. 

HAYES 

Same derivation as Hay. 

George came from Scotland to N. E., 
1680, settled at Windsor, Conn., 1682, 
removed to Simsbury, Conn. 

John at Dover, N. H., 1680. 

Nathaniel, inhabitant of Norwalk, 
Conn., 1652. 

Thomas at Milford, Conn., 1645. 
HAYMAN, HEYMAN 
Same as Hayward. 

John, ropemaker, had liberty to spin 
in Boston, Mass., 1662, freeman 1668, 
had the title of major. 

HAYNES, HAINES 

Derived from the Saxon word ainulpp 
and that from ana, alone, ulpp, help, 
that is, one that needs not the assist¬ 
ance of others. Haine, a river in Bel¬ 
gium. Haine, French, signifies malici¬ 
ous, full of hatred; hain, German, a 
wood, forest, thicket, grove. 

Charles, resident of New London, 
Conn., 1664. 

Edmund, was at Springfield, Mass., 
1645; no male issue. 

James, freeman Salem, Mass., 1637. 
John, b. Copford Hall, County of Es¬ 
sex, Eng., 1594, came to N. E., with 
'• Rev. Thomas Hooker; freeman at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1634, removed to 
Hartford, Conn., 1637; first governor of 
Colony of Conn. 

Mark, resident of Boston, Mass., 1665. 
Richard at Beverly, Mass., 1671. 
Samuel, b. Eng., 1611, came from Bris¬ 


tol, Eng., to N. E., 1635, settled at Pem- 
aquid, now Bristol, Maine, removed to 
Dover, N. H., 1640, and to Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1646. 

Thomas in Maine, 1658-65, removed to 
Amesbury, Mass., married 1667. 

Walter, linen weaver, b. Sutton, Man- 
derfield, Wiltshire, Eng., 1583, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1638, removed to Water- 
town, Mass.; one of the first proprietors 
of Sudbury, Mass., 1639. 

HAYNOR 

William, tailor, came from Virginia to 
Salem, Mass., 1660. 

HAYWARD, HEAWARD, HAILWARD 

In ancient England, the keeper of the 
common herd or cattle of a town, from 
Saxon hieg, hay and ward, a keeper. 
George, early settler Concord, Mass., 
1635, freeman 1638. 

James, b. Eng., 1613, came to Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1635; removed to Woburn, 
Mass. 

John at Watertown, Mass., 1632, free¬ 
man 1634, removed to Dedham, Mass. 
John, resident Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
John, scrivener, at Boston, Mass., 1671, 
postmaster of the colony, 1673. 

Nicholas at Salem, Mass., 1643, remov¬ 
ed to Boston, Mass., before 1665. 
Richard, came from Bedfordshire, 
Eng., with Higginson, in 1629 to Salem, 
Mass. 

Robert, miller, married Windsor, Conn., 
before 1647, removed to Northampton, 
Mass., 1659, returned to Windsor, Conn. 
Samuel on record at Gloucester, Mass., 
1641. 

Samuel, resident of Boston, Mass., 

1645- 

Samuel, b. Eng., 1613, came to Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1635, settled at that part 
of the town afterwards Malden, Mass. 
Thomas, tailor, came from Aylesford, 
County of Kent, Eng., settled at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1635, removed Duxbury, 
Mass., 1638, one of first settlers Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1651. 

Thomas, resident Enfield, Conn., before 
1686. 

William at Charlestown, Mass., 1637, 
freeman Hampton, N. H., 1640. 
William, grandson of Sir Robert Hay¬ 
ward, Lord Mayor of London 1570, set¬ 
tled at Bridgewater, Mass., 1646. 
William, inhabitant of Braintree, 
Mass, 1648. 

William was at Swanzey, Mass., before 
1672. 


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HAYWOOD 

Anthony, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1671, one of the founders of the first 
Episcopal Church. 


") HAZARD 

• _l ~—• f n From Cornish British ard, nature, and 

V has > high—o f high disposition, proud, 

* independent. 

7^ Thomas, ship carpenter, on record at 

A/j Boston, Mass., 1635, freeman 1636, re- 

AJ moved in a few years to R. I., signed 

L the covenant of cities 1639, was at New- 

L/? town, Long Island, 1656, he died 1669. 

1 One of the first founders of Newport, 

1. 

HAZELTINE, HAZELTON 

Place name from Hazelton, signifying 
where hazel bushes grew. 

Charles, inhabitant of Ipswich, Mass., 
1661-66. 



Daniel, freeman at Bradford, Mass., 
1676. 

John, b. Eng., 1620, came from Bide¬ 
ford, Devonshire, Eng., church member 
Boston, Mass., settled at Rowley, Mass., 
1640, later resided at Haverhill, Mass. 
Robert, brother of the preceding, came 
from Bradford, Yorkshire, Eng.; first 
at Salem, Mass., 1636, freeman at Row- 
ley, Mass., 1640, lived in that part of 
the town that afterwards became Brad¬ 
ford, Mass. 

HAZELWOOD 

Francis, resident of Boston, Mass., 
where he died 1674. 

HAZEN 

From Danish word hasen, a hare. 
Edward, settled at Rowley, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1649. 


HEAD 

Anciently written Hede or Hide. From 
place written in Doomesday Book, now 
Hithe in County of Kent, Eng., where 
the earliest trace of the Head family 
are found. The surname is from Anglo- 
Saxon hithe, harbor, a shelter for boats. 
Arthur, on record at Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1671. 

Henry, identified with Little Compton, 
R. I., representative to Plymouth Coun¬ 
cil 1683. 

Richard, inhabitant of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1674. 


HEALD 

John, came from Berwick on the 
Tweed, County of Northumberland, 
Eng., settled at Concord, Mass., 1635. 
HEALEY, HALEY 

Dennis, married at Watertown, Mass., 
1682. 


Nicholas, took oath of fidelity, Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

Samuel, married at Salisbury, Mass., 
1685. 

William, early settler Lynn, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Roxbury, Mass., finally to 
Cambridge, Mass. 

HEARD 

Benjamin, inhabitant of Salisbury, 
Mass., 1691. 

James, was at Kittery, Maine, ensign 

1659- 

John, brother of the preceding, was at 
Kittery, Maine, before 1643. 

Luke, son of Edmund H. of Claxton, 
County of Norfolk, Eng., came to New¬ 
bury, Mass., went to Salisbury, Mass., 
1640, removed to Ipswich, Mass., where 
he died 1647. 

Thomas, was at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1630, sent by Mason the patentee. 
William, came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1623, from Devonshire, Eng. 

HEATH 

Bartholomew, b. Eng., 1615, settled at 
Newbury, Mass., removed to Haver¬ 
hill, Mass., 1645. 

Charles, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1683. 

Isaac, b. Eng., 1585, came to Roxbury, 
Mass., 1635. 

John, brother of Bartholomew, was at 
Haverhill, Mass., left no male issue. 
Joseph, brother of Charles, inhabitant 
of Boston, Mass. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, was at 
Boston, Mass., 1676. 

William, brother of Isaac, settled at 
Roxbury, Mass., 1632, freeman 1633, 
resident of Dover, N. H., 1645. 
HEATHFIELD, HITHFIELD 

Matthias, took oath of fidelity, New 
Haven, Conn., 1660. 

HEATON 

From the Saxon word hea, high town 
or hill, and ton. 

James, inhabitant of New Haven, Conn., 
1661-85. 

Nathaniel, b. Eng., came to Boston, 
Mass., 1634, freeman 1636. 

HEBARD, HEBBERD 

Robert, b. Eng., 1612, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1646. * 

HEDGE, HEDGES 

A fence of thorn-bushes; a thicket of 
shrubs; an inclosure of shrubs or small 
trees. 



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John, b. Eng., 1610, inhabitant of Lynn, 
Mass., 1634. 

Stephen, resident of Fairfield, Conn., 
1670. 

Tristram, married, Boston, Mass., 1657. 
William, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1634, 
removed to Sandwich, Mass., thence to 
Yarmouth, Mass. > 

William, freeman, Taunton, Mass., 
1652, where he had resided since 1648. 
HEDLEY 

John, was at Newport, R. I., before 
1676. 

HEFERMAN 

William, inhabitant of Wickford, R. I., 
1674. 

HEIFOR 

Andrew, was at Kittery, Mass., 1640. 
HELMAN 

John, was at Nantucket, R. I., before 
1682. 

HELME 

Christopher, inhabitant of Exeter, N. 
H., 1639, removed to Mass., 1643, thence 
to Warwick, R. I., 1644. 

HELSON 

John, married at Saco, Maine, 1658. 
HEMAN 

Francis, freeman of Mass., 1646. 
HEMMENWAY, HEMINGWAY 

Ralph, b. Eng., was at Roxbury, Mass., 
1633, proprietor and freeman, 1634. 
Samuel, b. Eng., 1636, settled at East 
Haven, Conn., 1662. 

HEMPSTEAD 

Robert, one of the four inhabitants to 
assist Winthrop in settlement New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1645. 

HENBURY 

Arthur, resident of Windsor and Sims¬ 
bury, Conn., died Hartford, Conn., 
1697 - 

HENCHMAN, HINCHMAN 

Daniel, school master, Boston, Mass., 
1666, removed to Worcester, Mass. 
Edmund, at Marshfield, Mass., 1652, re¬ 
moved to Chelmsford, Mass., 1657. 
Joseph, living at Scituate, Mass., 1680. 
Thomas, settled Concord, Mass., remov¬ 
ed to Chelmsford, Mass., where he be¬ 
came freeman 1654. 

William, married, Boston, Mass., 1653. 
HENDEE, HANDY, HENDY 

Richard, b. Eng., original proprietor 
Norwich, Conn., 1660. 

HENDERSON 

The name is derived from Henry’s son 
or from Hendrick’s son, and is of Scotch 
origin. 


John, took oath of allegiance, Dover, 
N. H., 1655, later was at Springfield, 
Mass., and Hartford, Conn.; removed 
Haddam, Conn., 1663. 

William, ship carpenter and builder, 
came from Glasgow, Scotland, and was 
at Dover, N. H., 1650. 

HENDRICK 

Daniel, at Hampton, N. H., 1639, re¬ 
moved Haverhill, Mass., 1645. 

Peter, lived Windsor, Conn., 1675, re¬ 
moved to Wallingford, Conn., 1712. 
HENDRICKSON 

Peter, living Boston, Mass., 1643. 
HENFIELD 

Edmund, master mariner, lived Salem, 
Mass., 1669. 

Joseph, married, living at Salem, Mass. 
HENING, HENNEN 

Richard, at Newbury, Mass., before 
1671. 

HENLEY, HANLEY 

From hen, old, and ley, a field or com¬ 
mon ; place name from a market town 
in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, Eng. 
Elias, married Boston, Mass., 1657, liv¬ 
ing at Marblehead, Mass., 1668-74. 
Joseph, resident of Chelmsford, Mass., 
1680. 

HENRY 

The name derived from Einrick, ever 
rich, from Latin Honoricus, honorable; 
also written Heynrich i. e. rich at home. 
Isaac, at Medfield, Mass., 1675. 

John, freeman Topsfield, Mass., 1690. 
HENRYSON 

John, at Springfield, Mass., 1661, re¬ 
moved to Haddam, Conn., thence to 
Hartford, Conn. 

HENSHAW, HINSHAW, HINSHEW 

From hein, a kind of fowl, and show, 
a shady inclosure. 

Daniel, son of Sir Joshua H. of Liver¬ 
pool, Eng., came in his youth to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1652, where he married, 
had one son Daniel, who died unmar¬ 
ried. 

Joshua, brother of the preceding, b. 
Liverpool, Eng., 1644, came to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1652, when only eight 
years of age, married, returned to Eng., 
1688, where he died, leaving four sons 
in Mass. 

HENSHER, HEINSHER 

Thomas, married, Woburn, Mass., 

1677. 

HEPBURN, HEPBOURNE 

George, leather dresser, freeman, 
Charlestown, Mass., 1636. 


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Patrick, Scotch descent, inhabitant of 
Conn., 1680. 

HERBERT, HARBERT 

From Saxon here, a soldier, and beorht, 
bright, famous in war. 

Henry, married at Charlestown, Mass., 

1653. 

John, shoemaker, came from North¬ 
ampton, Eng., to N. E., 1637, granted 
land Salem, Mass., 1637. 

John, merchant, freeman Braintree, 
Mass., 1641. 

John, captain of militia, married Read¬ 
ing, Mass., 1680. 

Sylvester, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

HERNDALE 

Benjamin, was at Lynn, Mass., in 1647 
swore allegiance Providence, R. I. 
HERRICK 

The ancient family of the Ericks or 
Herricks derive their lineage from 
Erick, the Forrester, a great Scandin¬ 
avian commander who raised an army 
to oppose the invasion of William the 
Conqueror. Erick is derived from Ger¬ 
man ehr honor, and rick, rich, rich in 
honor. The name had undergone many 
modifications, from Eiriks, Eric to the 
form of Herrick, which is assumed in 
the middle of the seventeenth century. 
The English family is traced from Eric 
or Eyryk of Great Streton and of 
Houghton, Leicestershire, Eng. 

George, shopkeeper, inhabitant of Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1686-96. 

Henry, son of Sir William H. of Beau 
Manor Park, parish of Loughborough, 
Leicestershire, Eng., the tenth generation 
from Eyryk of Great Streton, b. Beau 
Manor, 1604, came first to Virginia, and 
was member of Church at Salem, Mass., 
1629. He removed to Wenham, Mass., 
finally to Beverly, Mass. 

HERRING 

From Hirring, town in the Diocese of 
Alburg, Denmark. 

James, inhabitant at Dedham, Mass., 
1642. 

Thomas, freeman at Dedham, Mass., 

1654. 

HERRINGBORNE 

George, living at Boston, Mass., 1664. 
HERSEY 

From the Village of Herseaux in West 
Flanders, Belgium, Hughe de Hersev 
was governor of Frau Normandy, 1204. 
William, husbandman, son of Nathaniel 
H. of Reading, Berkshire, Eng., b. Eng., 
1596, came to N. E. 1635, freeman Hing- 
ham, Mass., 1638. 


HETHERSAY, HITHERSEA 

Robert, living at Charlestown, Mass., 
1640, Dover, N. H., 1648, and at York, 
Maine, 1651. 

HETT 

Thomas, cooper, proprietor Cambridge, 
Mass., 1632, removed Hingham, Mass., 
1637, Rehoboth, Mass., 1645, and that 
part of Charlestown, now Malden, 
Mass., 1658. 

HEWES, HEWS 

Christopher, inhabitant, Haverhill, 
Mass., 1646. 

George, resident Salisbury, Mass., 1672. 
James, was at Boston, Mass., 1669. 
John, called Welshman, was at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., and living 1632 at Scit- 
uate, Mass. 

John, b. Eng., 1621, proprietor at Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass., 1642. 

Joshua, merchant, came to Roxbury, 
Mass., 1633, removed to Wickford, R. 
I., 1662, returned Boston, Mass., 1657. 
Robert, inhabitant Lynn, Mass., 1642. 
HEWETT see HUET 

HEWINS, HEWENS 

Jacob, settled at Boston, Mass., propri¬ 
etor Dorchester, Mass., 1660. 

HEWLET, HEWLETT 

Lewis, came from Buckinghamshire, 
Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., 1636, was 
a resident of Hempstead, Long Island, 

1647. 

HEYWOOD 

James, settled in Charlestown, Mass., 
where he died 1642. 

John, b. Eng., 1620, settled at Concord, 
Mass., 1650. 

HIBBARD, HIBBERT 

Same as Hubbard, q. v. 

Robert, saltmaker and brickmaker, b. 
Salisbury, Eng., 1613, settled Salem, 
Mass., 1635-39. 

HIBBINS, HIBBENS 

Giles, married at Saco, Maine, 1670. 
William, merchant, came Boston, 
Mass., 1634, freeman 1640, no issue. 
HIBBS 

David, resident Watertown, Mass., 1686. 
Joseph, brother of preceding, resident 
Watertown, Mass., 1686. 

HICHBORN 

David, b. Eng., settled Boston, Mass., 
1650. 

HICKCOX, HICOX, HICKOX 

The son of Hig or Hugh; cock, signi¬ 
fying little. 

William, among New Haven people 
1643, returned to Eng., 1643, leaving two 


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sons, Joseph and Samuel, identified with 
Farmington, Conn. 

HICKENS 

Thomas, inhabitant of Stamford, Conn. 
HICKS 

The son of Hugh. Hig or Hick being 
a common nick-name for Hugh. Hick 
in Dutch signifies a simpleton. Sir El¬ 
lis H. was knighted by Edward, the 
Black Prince, 1356. 

John, resident of Newport, R. I., 1639, 
removed to Newtown and Hempstead, 
Long Island. 

Richard, at Boston, Mass., 1649. 

Robert, leather-dresser, b. Eng., 1580, 
came to Plymouth, Mass., 1621. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, inhabi¬ 
tant of Scituate, Mass., 1630. 

Timothy, shipwright, Boston, Mass., re¬ 
moved 1673 to Salem, Mass. 
HICKSON 

Robert, married Eastham, Mass., 1679. 
Walter, soldier from Hatfield, Mass., 
1676. 
iHIDDEN 

Andrew, b. Eng., 1626, came to Rowley, 
Mass., 1655, where he died 1729, aged 
103 years. 

HIGBEE, HIGBY 

Edward, b. Eng., settled New London, 
Conn., 1647, removed to Middletown, 
Conn., and 1675 to Jamacia, Long Is¬ 
land. 

HIGGINBOTTOM 

Richard, tailor, inhabitant New Haven, 
Conn., 1682, afterwards at Stamford, 
Conn., where his name appears 1701. 
HIGGINS 

Name of Celtic origin, anglicized from 
Hugonis; has existed in England, as 
early as reign of Richard II. 
Alexander, granted land Salem, Mass., 

1637- 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1656. 
Jonathan, brother of preceding, mar¬ 
ried Eastham, Mass., 1661. 

Richard, tailor, came from north of 
Ireland; name appears in records of 
Plymouth, Mass., 1633. One of seven 
original settlers at Eastham, Mass., 
1654. 

Robert, resident of Eastham, Mass., 
1654. 

HIGGINSON 

Francis, clergyman, son of Rev. John 
H., a descendant of John H., living at 
Berkswell, Eng., 1518, b. Eng., 1588, 
came to Salem, Mass., 1629. 

William, proprietor Farmington, Conn., 
1673. 


HIGLEY 

John, came from Frimley in County of 
Surrey, Eng., and was proprietor at 
Farmington, Conn., 1671. 

HILDRETH 

Richard, b. Eng., 1615, freeman Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1643, removed to Wo¬ 
burn, Mass.; one of grantees Chelms¬ 
ford, Mass., 1653. 

HILL, HILLS 

Abraham, b. Eng., 1615, at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1636. 

Benjamin, was at New Haven, Conn., 
1646. 

Charles, merchant, son of George H., 
b. Barlow near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, 
Eng., came from Maryland to New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1663. 

Ebenezer, took oath of’allegiance, New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1678. 

Eliphalet, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1670. 

Francis, at Boston, Mass., 1664. 
Hercules, soldier, at Scituate, Mass., 
1636, returned to Eng., living at Roches¬ 
ter, County of Kent, 1666. 

Ignatius, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1658. 

James, married at Boston, Mass., 1662. 
John, first record, Plymouth, 1630, next 
year removed to Boston, Mass.; was at 
Dover, N. H., 1649. 

John, blacksmith at Boston, Mass., 1641. 
John, blacksmith, came from vicinity 
of Chard, Somersetshire, Eng., to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1633. 

John, inhabitant of New Haven, Conn., 
1643, no issue. 

John, living at Rowley, Mass., 1641. 
John, came from Northamptonshire, 
Eng., to Branford, Conn., 1646, was at 
Guilford, Conn., 1654. 

John, merchant, inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., 1668. 

Jonathan, came to N. E. before 1660, 
lived at Warwick and Portsmouth, R. I. 
Joseph, woolen draper, son of George 
H., bapt. parish of Great Barsted Bil- 
lericay, County of Essex, Eng., 1602, 
settled Charlestown, Mass., 1638; one of 
founders of Malden, Mass., removed 
1664 to Newbury, Mass. 

Luke, at Windsor, Conn., 1651. 

Peter, planter and sailor, b. Eng., set¬ 
tled at Biddeford, Maine, and in 1648 
lived near the mouth of the Saco river. 
Ralph, b. Eng., came from Billericay, 
Eng., to Plymouth, Mass., 1638, at Wo- 


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burn, Mass., 1643, and ten years later 
one of first settlers of Billerica, Mass. 
Richard, cooper, brother of Abraham, 
came to Charlestown, Mass., 1638, died 
unmarried following year. 

Robert, signer of original compact, New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, came from Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, at Middletown, Conn., 1678, 
removed to Hartford, Conn., 1692. 
Valentine, mercer, came from London, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1636. 

William, came to N. E., 1630, freeman 
Dorchester, Mass., 1633, removed to 
Windsor, Conn., 1636, and to Fairfield, 
Conn., 1645. 

William, came from County of Essex, 
Eng., to Roxbury, Mass., 1632, removed 
to Hartford, Conn., with Rev. Thomas 
Hooker’s party, later went to Hadley 
Mass. 

Zebulon, came from Bristol, Eng., 
granted land Gloucester, Mass., 1652, 
removed to Salem, Mass., 1662. 
HILLIARD 

Anthony, was at Hingham, Mass., 
1638. 

Edward, resident Salem, Mass., 1658. 
Emanuel, b. Eng., 1620, settled Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1649, drowned 1657. 

Hugh, freeman Salem, Mass., 1634. 
William, carpenter, b. Eng., 1614, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

William, b. Eng., 1642, lived at Little 
Compton, R. I. 

HILLIER, HELYER, HILLER 

Hugh, at Yarmouth, Mass., afterwards 
at Braintree, Mass., where he died 1647. 
John, inhabitant Windsor, Conn., 1637. 
Roger, married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1691. 

William, carpenter, at Duxbury, Mass., 

1639-43. 

HILLMAN 

John, worsted comber, came from Eng., 
1670, settled at Martha’s Vineyard, 
Mass. 

HILTON 

Edward, fishmonger, settled at Dover 
Neck, N. H., 1623, removed to Exeter, 
N. H., 1643. 

William, fishmonger, brother of pre¬ 
ceding, came from London, Eng., to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1621, removed to Dover 
Neck, N. H., before 1627, freeman New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1643, later returned to 
Dover, N. H. 


HINCKES, HINCKS 

John, came from Chester, Eng., set¬ 
tled at Portsmouth, N. H., 1670. 
HINCKLEY, HINKLEY 

Samuel, b. Tenterden, County of Kent, 
Eng., 1595, settled in Plymouth Colony, 
Mass., 1634, removed to Scituate, Mass., 
1635, removed Barnstable, Mass., 1639. 
HINCKSON, HINKSMAN 

John, inhabitant of Charlestown, Mass., 
1683. 

Peter, at Scarborough, Maine, 1671-76. 
Philip, freeman Saco, Maine, 1653. 
Simon, brother of Peter, resident of 
Scarborough, Maine, 1671-76. 

HINDS 

Name derived from Scotch word hyne 
or hine, a tiller of the ground— a far¬ 
mer, or from the Anglo-Saxon word 
hind, the female of the red deer. 
James, cooper, came to Salem, Mass., 
1637, removed to Southold, L. I. 
Richard, brother of preceding, settled 
at Salem, Mass., 1644. 

William, brother of the above, was res¬ 
ident of Salem, Mass., 1644, later re¬ 
moved to Marblehead, Mass. 

HINE 

Thomas, first of the name in N. E., had 
a home lot in Milford, Conn., 1646. 
HINMAN, HINDMAN 

A domestic, a servant; one who has the 
care of herds. 

Edward, farmer, settled Stamford, 
Conn., before 1650, removed to Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., later Stratford, Conn., where 
. he died 1681. 

HINSDALE 

This family originated in the district of 
Loos, County of Leige, now Belgium, 
where it settled early in twelfth cen¬ 
tury. The name, however, is French 
as well as Dutch, in the former language 
dal or dale means valley and corresponds 
with the Dutch dael, and English dale. 
Robert, came from Dedham, County of 
Essex, Eng., to Dedham, Mass., where 
he was a proprietor, 1637, one of orig¬ 
inal thirteen settlers Medfield, Mass., 
1651, removed to Hadley, Mass., 1667. 
HINTON 

Place name from a borough in Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng. In Welsh henton, the old 
town, from hen, old. 

Benjamin, resident Springfield, Mass., 
1678. 

HIRST 

William, married Salem, Mass., 1674. 


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HITCHCOCK, HISCOCK 

Edward, inhabitant of New Haven, 
Conn., 1643. 

Luke, b. Fenny Compton, Warwick¬ 
shire, Eng., settled New Haven, Conn., 
1644, removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 

1646, a resident of Hartford, Conn., 

1647. 

Matthew or Mathias, b. Eng., 1610 
came to Boston, Mass., 1635, removed 
New Haven, Conn., 1639. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1608, assessed Saco, 
Maine, 1636. 

Samuel, resident of Hartford, Conn., 
1669. 

HITCHENS, HITCHINGS 

Place name a town in Hertfordshire, 
Eng. 

Daniel, freeman, Lynn, Mass., 1691. 
Edward, resident Boston, Mass., 1634. 
Joseph, living at Lynn, Mass., 1662. 
HOADLEY, HODLEY 

Plame name from two parishes in Coun¬ 
ty of Sussex, Eng. 

William, merchant, b. Eng., 1630, at 
Saybrook, Conn., 1663, covenant plan¬ 
ter, Branford, Conn., 1667. 

HOAG 

From the Welsh, signifying low in stat¬ 
ure, small. 

John, weaver, b. Eng., 1643, married 
Newbury, Mass., 1669. 

HOAR 

Definition of name white, hoar, gray. 
Charles, prominent citizen of Glouces¬ 
tershire, Eng., his widow Joanna came 
to N. E., 1643, with four sons: John, 
Hezekiah, Daniel and Lawrence settled 
at Scituate, Mass., she died at Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1661. 

Richard, representative to General 
Court from Yarmouth, Mass., 1641. 
Samuel, freeman Concord, Mass., re¬ 
moved Boston, Mass., 1669. 

William, baker, Salem, Mass., removed 
Boston, Mass., 1669. 

HOBART 

From the Saxon hiewe, color, form, 
beauty; heart bright. 

Edmund, b. Hingham, County of Nor¬ 
folk, Eng., 1574, came to N. E., 1633, 
first recorded at Charlestown, Mass.. 
1633, removed to Hingham, Mass., 1635. 
HOBBS 

From Hob, nickname for Robert. 
Christopher, freeman at Saco, Maine, 

1653. 

Henry, married, Dover, N. H., 1657. 


Josiah, came from London, Eng., to 
Woburn, Mass., 1671, removed to Lex¬ 
ington, Mass., 1690. 

Maurice or Morris, b. Eng., 1615, in¬ 
habitant of Newbury, Mass., removed to 
Hampton, N. H., 1640-45, later went to 
Rollinsford, N. H. 

Thomas, settled at Salem, Mass., 1648, 
freeman Topsfield, Mass., 1671, died at 
Boston, Mass., 1690. 

HOBBY 

From hob, a herd and by a town—the 
town of herds and flocks. 

John, resident of Greenwich, Conn.. 
1666. 

William, merchant, inhabitant of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1669. 

HOBSON, HOPSON 

The son of Hob or Robert. 

John, b. Eng., came to N. E. 1635, res¬ 
ident of Guilford, Conn., 1664. 
William, son of Henry H. of Usflete 
near Whitgift, in the southern part of 
West Riding, Yorkshire, Eng., came to 
Rowley, Mass., 1652. 

HOCKADAY 

Nathaniel, died Isle of Shoals, 1664. 
HODDY 

John, resident in N. H,. 1675. 
HODGDON, HODGSON, HODSDON 
The son of Hod or Hodge. 

Benoni, resident of Kittery, Maine, 

1675- 

George, came to Cambridge, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1645. 

Jeremiah, lived at Dover, N. H., 1666. 
John, merchant, married New Haven, 
Conn., 1651. 

Joseph, brother of Benoni at Casco, 
Maine, removed 1686 to York, Maine. 
Nicholas, at Hingham, Mass., 1635, 
removed to Newton, Mass., 1650, and six 
years later became a resident of Kittery, 
Maine. 

Robert, married at Warwick, R. I., about 

1657. 

William, b. Eng., 1600, came to N. E., 
1634, locating at Plymouth, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Salisbury, Mass., 1641. 

HODGE, HODGES 

The same as Roger, which signifies quiet 
or strong counsel. Hodges is a nick¬ 
name for Roger the “s” being added for 
son. 

Andrew, at Ipswich, Mass., 1639, where 
he became a freeman, 1641. 

George, married at Salem, Mass., 1663. 


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Humphrey, Quaker, at Boston, Mass., 
1671. 

John, original settler Salisbury, Mass., 
returned to London, Eng., 1647. 

John, at Charlestown, Mass., 1633. 

John, married at Killingworth, Conn., 

1664. 

Nicholas, resident of Plymouth, Mass., 

1643. 

Nicholas, inhabitant Little Harbor, N. 
H., 1684. 

Thomas, married Charlestown, Mass., 
1663. 

William, b. Eng., came to Salem, Mass., 
1638, removed to Taunton, Mass., 1643. 
HODGKIN, HODGKINS 

John, resident of Guilford, Conn., 1665. 
Samuel, brother of preceding, living at 
New Haven, Conn., 1651. 

William, b. Eng., 1590, settled at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1634, one of first purchas¬ 
ers of Middleboro, Mass. 

William, resident of Ipswich, Mass., 

1665. 

HODGMAN 

Thomas, resident of Reading, Mass., 
1663. 

HOGG 

Same as Hoag, see. 

- Richard, tailor resident Boston, Mass., 

1637. 

Thomas, inhabitant of New Haven, 
Conn., 1646. 

HOGGRIDGE, HOGGERIDGE 

Abel, took oath of fidelity, Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

HOIT, HOITT 

John, b. Eng., 1610, settled in Charles¬ 
town, Mass., as early as 1630. 

Simon, b. Eng., 1595, came to Salem, 
Mass., 1628, one first settlers Charles¬ 
town, Mass., in 1633 removed to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., in 1635 to Scituate, 
Mass., became a resident of Windsor, 
Conn., 1639, thence to Fairfield, Conn., 
before 1657 living at Stamford, Conn. 
HOLBEECH, HOLBRIDGE 

Arthur, was at Boston, Mass., 1635, 
removed to New Haven, Conn., 1638. 
HOLBROOK 

John, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1640, 
lived a short time Rehoboth, Mass., and 
1643 went to Weymouth, Mass. 
Richard, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1648, resident of Milford, Conn., 1658, 
one first settlers Huntington, Long Is¬ 
land, N. Y. where he died 1670. 
Thomas, of Weymouth, Eng., came to 
Weymouth, Mass., before 1643. 


HOLCOMB, HOLCOMBE 

From Saxon holt or hultz, a woody vale, 
and combe, a valley. 

Thomas, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1634, removed 1636 Windsor, Conn. 
HOLDEN 

In Danish language indicating safe, 
entire, wealthy; a safe place held, pro¬ 
tected, defended. 

Justinian, b. Eng., 1611, came from 
Ipswich, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 

1634. 

Randall, cafne from Salisbury, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., and in 1638 a resident of 
Portsmouth, R. I., thence he removed to 
Warwick, R. I., before 1643. 

Richard, brother of Justinian, b. Eng., 
1609, came to N. E., 1634, resided at 
Cambridge, Mass., removed to Woburn, 
Mass., one of first proprietors Groton, 
Mass. 

HOLDER 

The earliest record of the name is an 
ancient account of a Saxon Chief, call¬ 
ed Holder, who in 500 A. D. obtained 
jurisdiction over a district which be¬ 
came known as Holderness. 
Christopher, Quaker and clergyman, b. 
Winterburne, Alverton, Gloucestershire, 
Eng., 1631, located Boston, Mass., 165b, 
banished from Massachusetts Colony, 
1659, returned to N. E.; a freeman at 
Newport, R. I., 1673 
Nathaniel, resident Dorchester, Mass., 
1634. 

HOLDRIDGE, HOLDRED 

John, resident of Roxbury, Mass., 1665. 
William, tanner, b. Eng., 1610, parish 
of St. Alphage, Cripplegate, London, 
Eng., came to N. E., 1635. He was first 
at Salisbury, Mass., removed Haverhill, 
Mass., 1646. 

HOLDSWORTH 

Joshua, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1669. 

HOLGAVE, HALGRAVE 

John, freeman Salem, Mass., 1633, res¬ 
ident of Gloucester, 1640. 

Joshua, inhabitant of Salem, Mass., 
1636. 

HOLLAND 

A name given to a native of that coun¬ 
try which was called Hollowland be¬ 
cause it abounds with ditches full of 
water. 

Christopher, was at Boston, Mass., 
1652. __ 

John, freeman DorcAester, Mass., 1636. 
Thomas, resident of Yarmouth, Mass., 
1641. 


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HOLLARD 

Angel, shoemaker, freeman Boston, 

Mass., 1636, removed to Weymouth, 

Mass. 

George, mariner, resident of Boston. 

Mass., 1664. 

HOLLEY, HOLLY 

John, b. Eng., 1618, settled at Stamford, 

Conn., 1642. 

Joseph, at Dorchester, Mass., 1634, re¬ 
moved to Weymouth, Mass., 1639, 
thence 1643 Sandwich, Mass. 

Samuel, inhabitant Cambridge, Mass., 

1636. 

HOLLIDAY H * L L 

Walter, married, Springfield, Mass., 

1673. 

HOLLIDGE 

Richard, freeman Boston, Mass., 1639. 
HOLLINGSHEAD 

Richard, fisherman, Boston, Mass., 

1674. 

HOLLINGSWORTH 

Richard, shipwright, b. Eng., 1595, came Z- 
from London, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 

1635. 

HOLLIS 

John, b. Eng., 1612, came from Wey¬ 
mouth, Eng., locating Weymouth, Mass., 

1642, removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 

1644. 

HOLLOWAY, HOLWAY 

Henry, inhabitant Dover, N. H., 1662. 

John, b. Eng., 1614, came from London, 

Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635. No issue. 
Joseph, was at Lynn, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved the next year to Sandwich, Mass. 
Malachi, resident of Taunton, Mass., 

1668. 

Samuel, married Taunton, Mass., 1666. 
Timothy, at Taunton, Mass., 1643-59. 
William, at Taunton, Mass., 1639-1643, 
removed to Boston, Mass., 1650. 

HOLMAN, HOMAN, HOLLMAN 

A corruption of Allemand, a German, 
that is, a mixture of all men Alle-Mann. 
Edward, came Plymouth, Mass., 1623, 
returned to Eng., 1627, again N. E., 

1632, one of the purchasers of Dart¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1652. 

Edward, inhabitant of Marblehead, 

Mass., 1674; 

Ezekiel, first record Dedham, Mass., 
at Salem, Mass., 1637; one of the foun¬ 
ders of First Baptist Church, Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1638, later removed to War¬ 
wick, R. I. 

Gabriel, brother of second Edward, at 
Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 


John, resident of Dorchester, Mass., 
1634. 

Solomon, living at Newbury, Mass., 
1694 - 

William, b. Eng., 1595, came from 
Northampton, Eng., to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635. 

HOLMES, HOLME 

Family of ancient English origin, the 
name is of local derivation. Meadow 
lands near or surrounded by water, 
grassy plains, sometimes an island. The 
Saxon word holm means a flat ground 
in or near water. John Holmes was in 
the army of William the Conquerer. 
David, resident of Dorchester, Mass., 
1666. 

Francis, resided at Stamford, Conn., 
1648. 

George, came from County of Essex, 
Eng., to Roxbury, Mass., where he be¬ 
came freeman, 1639. 

John, was at Plymouth, Mass., 1632. 
John, b. Eng., 1644, settled at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass.; became one of original pro¬ 
prietors of Woodstock, Conn. 

John, resident of Northampton, Mass., 
1678. 

John, married Duxbury, Mass., 1661. 
John, resident of Roxbury, Mass., 1690. 
Joseph, married Roxbury, Mass., 1651. 
Joseph, tailor, at Boston, Mass., 1677. 
Joshua, living at Westerly, R. I., 1678. 
Josiah, married Duxbury, Mass., 1666. 
Nathaniel, married at Plymouth, 
Mass., 1667. 

Obadiah, clergyman, came from Pres¬ 
ton, Lancashire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 
1639, removed to Rehoboth, Mass., 
thence to Newport, R. I., and took part 
in the settlement of New Jersey, 1664. 
Richard, b. Eng., 1610, was at Rowley, 
Mass., 1643. 

Richard, resident of Norwalk, Conn., 

1654. 

Robert, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 
1641, where he had resided since 1636. 
Robert, married Newbury, Mass., 1669. 
Robert, resident of Stonington, Conn., 
1670. 

Samuel, living Rehoboth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1674. 

Thomas, b. London, Eng., 1625, came 
from Virginia, to New York, 1665, 
thence to New London, Conn. 

William, b. near Holme, East Riding, 
Yorkshire, Eng., 1592, came to N. E., 
1636, was at Scituate, Mass., in that 


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year. He was one of the Conihasset 
planters in 1646, afterwards at Marsh¬ 
field, Mass. 

William, was at Plymouth, Mass., 1632, 
returned to Eng., was major in great re¬ 
bellion ; returned to Boston, where he 
died 1649, leaving no issue. 

HOLT 

From Dutch word hultz, a wood; a 
peaked hill covered with wood, a grove 
of trees around a house. 

Nicholas, tanner, came from Romsey, 
County of Hants, Eng., to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, one first settlers of New¬ 
bury, Mass, removed to Andover, Mass., 
1644 - 

William, inhabitant of New Haven, 
Conn., 1643. 

HOLTON, HOLTEN 

John, freeman at Dedham, Mass., 1671. 
Nathaniel, at Salem, Mass., 1668. 
Robert, slater, freeman at Boston, 
Mass., 1634. 

William, b. Eng., 1611, came from Ips¬ 
wich, Eng., 1635, to Cambridge, Mass., 
with Thomas Hooker’s party, he went 
to Hartford, Conn., returned to Eng., 
where he remained three years, and 
joined the colonists at Northampton, 
Mass., before 1663. 

HOLYOKE 

Edward, clergyman, b. Tamworth, 
County of Stafford, Eng., freeman 
Lynn, Mass., 1639, resided at Rumney 
Marsh, now Chelsea, Mass. 

HOMAN, HOMANS 

Edward, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
John, inhabitant of Salem, Mass., 
1668. 

HOMER 

The name derived from Greek signi¬ 
fying a hostage, a pledge or security. 
The old Saxon name is from the Man¬ 
or Homer which now bears the name 
of Hummer in County of Somerset, 
Eng. In that language hob means high, 
and mere, a pool or lake, therefore 
meaning “the high lake.” The first of 
the name was Thomas de Homere, lord 
of the manor in Dorsetshire, 1338. 
Michael, son of Edward H., living at 
Ettingshall, parish of Bilston, County of 
Stafford, Eng., was at Boston, Mass., 
1676. 

HOOD 

From Saxon word houdt, the wood. 
John, weaver, b. Eng., 1600, son of John 
H. of Halstead, County of Essex, Eng., 
settled at Cambridge, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved to Lynn, Mass., was living at 
Kittery, Maine, 1652. 


Richard, came from Lynn, Regis, Coun¬ 
ty of Norfolk, Eng., 1650, to Lynn, 
Mass. 

HOOKE 

Francis, son of Humphrey H. aider- 
man city of Bristol, Eng., married at 
Boston, Mass., 1660, removed to Kittery, 
Maine, 1666. 

John, Mayflower passenger, died shortly 
after arrival, no issue. 

William, clergyman, b. County of 
Hants, Eng., was at Taunton, Mass., 
1639, removed to New Haven, Conn., 
1644, returned to Eng., leaving no issue 
in N. E. 

William, brother of Francis, at York, 
Maine, 1633. 

HOOKER 

Nicholas, resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1678. 

Thomas, clergyman, grandson of John 
H., son of Thomas H., of Devonshire, 
b. Marfield, Leicestershire, Eng., 1586. 
Arrived Boston, Mass., 1633, settling at 
Cambridge, Mass., in 1636, led the party 
of colonists that settled Connecticut at 
Hartford. 

HOOPER 

From Saxon word hoppere, a dancer. 
The surname first used in Eng., 1273, 
William H. in that year possessing land 
in Dorsetshire, Eng. 

George, mariner, Boston, Mass., 1674. 
John, brother of preceding, Marble¬ 
head, Mass., 1674. 

John, married Marblehead, Mass., 1691. 
Richard, surgeon, first at Hampton, 
N. H., removed to Watertown, Mass., 
before 1684. 

Robert, brother of second John, b. Eng., 
1607, at Marblehead, Mass., 1663. 
Samuel, married Marblehead, Mass., 
1694 - 

William, b. Eng., 1617, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to N. E., 1635, resided 1660 
Reading, Mass., what is now Wakefield. 
HOPEWELL 

Thomas, at Fairfield, Conn., 1670. 
HOPKINS 

Little Robert, or the child of Robert, 
the surname originally spelled Hopkyns 
is one of the earliest of purely English 
surnames; it is baptismal signifying the 
son of Robert and is derived from Hob 
or Hothe, nicknames for Robert. The 
seat of the family is Oxfordshire, Eng. 
Edward, merchant, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1637, went to Hartford, Conn., 
same year, returned to Eng., 1652; no is¬ 
sue. , 


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John, proprietor Cambridge, Mass., 
1634, removed to Hartford, Conn., 1636. 
Samuel, at Milford, Conn., 1658, mar¬ 
ried, New Haven, Conn., 1667. 
Stephen, Mayflower passenger. 
Thomas, son of William, b. Chelsel- 
bourne, Eng., 1616, name appears on 
records at Providence, R. I., 1640, re¬ 
moved 1676, to what is now Oyster Bay, 
Long Island. 

William, at Stratford, Conn., 1640. 

William, inhabitant of Roxbury, Mass., 
1660. 

HOPKINSON 

Michael, b. Eng., 1610, came Boston, 
Mass., 1635, freeman Rowley, Mass., 
1640. 

HOPPER 

Daniel, freeman New Haven, Conn., 

1654- 

HOPPIN 

Stephen, living Dorchester, Mass., 
1653, afterwards Roxbury, Mass. 
HORN, HORNE 

John, b. Eng., 1603, came with Win- 
throp to N. E., 1630, freeman Salem, 
Mass., 1631, on tax list at Dover, N. H., 
1659- 

William, Dover, N. H., 1659. 
HORNER 

Ephraim, inhabitant of Rehoboth, 
Mass., before 1684. 

HORSLEY 

James, resident of Newton, Mass. 
Joseph, at Rowley, Mass., 1672. 
HORTON 

Place name from a town in Yorkshire, 
Eng., from horr, a ravine, or town in 
the ravine. 

Barnabas, resident of Hampton, N. H., 
^1640, removed to Southold, Long Is¬ 
land, 1 4*6zr 

Benjamin, brothef of preceding, at 
Hampton, N. H., 1640. 

Caleb, brother of preceding, inhabitant 
of Hampton, N. H., 1640. 

John, freeman Guilford, Conn., 1669. 
Joseph, brother of Barnabas at South- 
hold, Long Island, 1662, when he was 
made a freeman of Conn. 

Thomas, b. 1620. At Charlestown, 
Mass,. 1655, removed to Milton, Mass., 
before 1669, but finally returned to 
Charlestown. 

Thomas, an inhabitant of Windsor, 
Conn., removed to Springfield, Mass., 
1638, where he died 1641. 


HOSFORD, HORSFORD 

From Ouseford, in England, the “O” 
being aspirated—that is, the ford or the 
way of the river Ouse. 

William, clergyman, b. Eng., settled 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630, removed to 
Windsor, Conn., 1636, at Springfield, 
Mass., 1652, returned to Eng., 1656, leav¬ 
ing in N. E. an only son John. 
HOSIER 

Samuel, came Watertown, Mass., 1630^ 
where he died 1665, leaving no issue. 
HOSMER 

James, b. Eng., 1607, came from Hawk- 
hurst, County of Kent, Eng., 1635 to 
Cambridge, Mass., was at Concord, 
Mass., went to Hartford, Conn., 1636. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, freeman 
at Cambridge, Mass., 1635, removed with 
Hooker to Hartford, Conn., in his later 
days lived at Northampton, Mass. 
HOTCHKISS 

Daniel, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1688. 

Joshua, married, New Haven, Conn., 
1677. 

Samuel, b. County of Essex, Eng., was 
at New Haven, Conn., 1641. 

HOUCHIN, HOUTCHIN 

Jeremy, tanner, was at Dorchester, 
Mass., freeman Boston, Mass., 1640. 
Robert, inhabitant of Newport, R. I., 
1666. 

HOUGH 

Place name from village in County of 
Lincoln, Eng., from Saxon and Dutch, 
hoch, hoog, and hou, high. The name 
still exists in Flanders as De la Hooghe 
and is of Gaelic Flemish origin. Repre¬ 
sentatives of the family were in Ches¬ 
hire, Eng., at the time of the Conquest. 
Atherton, mayor of Boston, county of 
Lincoln, Eng., 1628, made a freeman at 
Boston, Mass., 1634, died at Boston, 
1646. 

William, housewright, son of Edward 
H., b. Cheshire, Eng., came to Glouces¬ 
ter, Mass., 1640, removed to Saybrook, 
Conn., thence New London, Conn., 
where he died 1670. 

HOUGHTON 

Surname from a town in Lancashire, 
Eng., from the Saxon hoog or hock, 
high and ton, a hill, castle or town. The 
family is of great antiquity dating back 
to Sir Roger de Bresli, who came to 
England with William the Conqueror 
and was given large estate in Lancashire 
on which was De Hocton Castle. 


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i 

John, son of John, b. Eaton Bray, Lan* 
cashire, Eng., 1620, came to N. E., 1647- 
50, lived for a short time at Dedham, 
Mass., removing in 1652 to Lancaster, 
Mass. 

John, resident of Woburn, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1676. 

Ralph, cousin of first John, inhabitant 
Lancaster, Mass., 1654. 

William, butcher, b. 1613, came from 
London, Eng., to N. E., 1635, was an 
early inhabitant of Connecticut. 
HOUNSLOW 

Edward, at Scarborough, Maine, 1676. 
HOUSE 

A covering, a dwelling place, a mansion. 
Samuel, one of founders of Church 
Scituate, Mass., 16 .^ removed to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass. 

Walter, inhabitant New London, Conn., 
where he died 1670. 

HOUSING 

Peter, Casco, Maine, 1666-73. 
HOUSLEY 

Joseph, Rowley, Mass., 1691. 

HOVEY 

Daniel, b. Eng., 1618, proprietor Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1636, removed to Brook¬ 
field, Mass., 1668, hence Hadley, Mass., 
returned to Ipswich, Mass., where he 
died 1692. 

Thomas, inhabitant Hadley, Mass., 
1677. 

HOWARD 

William, son of Roger Fitz Valvine, 
took the name of Howard from being 
born in the Castle of Howard in Henry 
I. reign. The word is derived from haf- 
ward, keeper of a hall or hold-ward, 
keeper of stronghold; also hoch-ward, 
the high keeper. 

Edward, married Boston, Mass., 1661. 
Henry, early inhabitant at Hartford, 
Conn., married at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1648. 

James, came to Charlestown, Mass., 
1634 - 35 . 

John, resident of Dedham, Mass., 1636- 
60. 

John, carpenter, came from England to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1635, about fifteen 
years of age was brought in the fam¬ 
ily of Captain Myles Standish, on rec¬ 
ord 1645, as one of original proprietors 
Bridgewater, Mass. 

Jonathan, brother of preceding, was at 
Bridgewater, Mass., and had the title of 
major. 

Nathaniel, from County of Suffolk, 


Eng., became freeman Dorchester, 
Mass., 1643. 

Nathaniel, married at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1666. 

Robert, proprietor of Dorchester, Mass., 

1639, removed to Boston, Mass., 1668. 
Samuel, resident of Malden, Mass., 
1666. 

Thomas, married Lynn, Mass., 1667. 
Thomas, inhabitant of Norwich, Conn., 
1660. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1643, at Lynn, Mass., 
and Enfield, Conn. 

William, Topfield, Mass., 1650. 
William, resident of Swauzey, Mass., 
1671. 

William, at Malden, Mass., 1686. 
William, brother of Robert, b. Eng., 
1609, came Braintree, Mass., 1635, set¬ 
tled at Salem, Mass., at Boston, Mass., 
1666. 

HOWD 

Anthony, early settler of Branford, 
Conn., where he died 1676. 

HOWE, HOW, HOWES 

From French De La Howe, original 
name of the family; a hill, critically a 
hill in the valley. The name came with 
William the Conqueror to England. 
Abraham, freeman, Roxbury, Mass., 
1638, at Dorchester, Mass., 1636. 
Abraham, married Watertown, Mass., 
1658 at Charlestown, Mass., removed 
1660, Marlboro, Mass. 

Daniel, at Lynn, Mass., 1630, freeman 
1634, removed to Southampton, L. I., 

1640. 

Edward, freeman, Watertown, Mass., 

1634. 

Edward, b. Eng., settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1660. 

James, brother first Abraham, b. Eng., 
1606, came from Hatfield, County of 
Essex, Eng., freeman Roxbury, Mass., 
1637, removed to Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 

John, son of John of Warwickshire, 
Eng., brother second Abraham, on rec¬ 
ord Watertown, Mass., 1638, the follow¬ 
ing year removed to Sudbury, Mass., 
and in 1657 Marlboro, Mass. 

John, married Yarmouth, Mass., 1689. 
Joseph, cooper,, freeman Boston, Mass., 

1657. 

Nathaniel, took oath of fidelity New 
Haven, Conn., 1660. 

Samuel, freeman at Yarmouth, Mass., 

1635. 


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Thomas, one grantees Yarmouth, Mass., 
.1638. 

William, inhabitant Concord, Mass., 
before 1657. 

Zechariah, took oath of fidelity New 
Haven, Conn., 1660. 

HOWELL 

From Cornish British houl, the sun, 
from the Greek signifying euhill, high, 
exalted. 

Edward, freeman Lyme, 1639, one 
of grantees Southampton, Long Island, 
1640. 

Morgan, at Cape Porpoise, Maine, 1636. 
HOWEN, HOWING, HOWYN 

Israel, tailor, Cambridge, Mass. 

John, shoemaker, Boston, Mass. 

Robert, cutler, Boston, Mass., 1639, 
freeman 1642. 

HOWLAND 

Arthur, settler Marshfield, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1643, where he was proprietor 

1647. 

Henry, inhabitant Duxbury, Mass., 

1633. 

Jabez, married Duxbury, Mass., before 
1669. 

John, Mayflower passenger. 

Zo Zoar, inhabitant Newport, R. I., 1656. 
HOWLETT 

A night-bird, an owl. 

John, mariner, Boston, Mass., where 
he died before 1676. 

Thomas, came in Winthrop’s fleet 1630, 
one first settlers Ipswich, Mass., 1633. 
HOYLE 

John, Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 

HOYT 

John, b. Eng., 1610-15, one early set¬ 
tlers Salisbury, Mass., 1639, removed 
Amesbury, Mass., 1668. 

John, Fairfield, Conn., 1650, freeman 
1664. 

Simon, Salem, Mass., 1629, removed 
Dorchester, 1633, located Scituate, 
Mass., 1635, afterwards Windsor, Conn., 
1639, and Stamford, Conn., 1659. 
William, took oath of fidelity Ames¬ 
bury, Mass., 1677. 

HUATT 

Daniel, Guilford, Conn., 1669. 
HUBBARD 

A corruption of Hubert from Anglo- 
Saxon hiewe, color, form, beauty, and 
beort, bright. The name dates back 
from the first invasion of the Danes in¬ 
to England, in 866, when King Hubba, 
the Danish King landed on the coast 
of Kent. 


Anthony, Dedham, Mass., 1648. 
Benjamin, came with mother Elizabeth 
to Charlestown, Mass., 1633, returned 
to Eng., 1644. 

George, b. Eng., 1600-01, came from 
Glastenbury, Somersetshire, Eng., to 
Watertown, Mass., 1633, removed to 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1636, thence three 
years later to Milford, Conn., and 1648 
became a resident of Guilford, Conn. 
George, Indian trader and agent, b. 
Eng., 1601, settled at Dorchester, and 
Charlestown, Mass., removed Hartford, 
Conn., 1639, thence 1654 to Middletown, 
Conn. 

Hugh, from Derbyshire, Eng., at New 
London, Conn., 1670. 

James, Lynn, 1637, removed to Long 
Island, N. Y., 1641. 

John, came from Boston, Mass., before 
1670, also lived at Roxbury, Mass., orig¬ 
inal proprietor of Woodstock, Conn., 
1686. 

Richard, mariner, Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Robert, married Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Samuel, came to Salem, Mass., 1633, 
in his youth, removed to Watertown, 
Mass., thence to Wethersfield, Conn., 
thence to Springfield, Mass., finally lo¬ 
cating at Newport, R. I., his only son 
Samuel died without issue. 

Thomas, died Billerica, Mass., 1656. 
William, husbandman and historian, b. 
Eng., 1595, came to Ipswich, Mass., 
1635, freeman 1638. 

HUBBELL 

From Danish chief Hubba, Hubba’s 
hill, or Hubbill. Hub means a heap or 
a lump, indicating a small round hill on 
the summit of another. Hubba’s hill is 
situated near Milford Haven in Pem¬ 
brokeshire, Wales. The English ances¬ 
try traced to Hubba the Dane, 867 A. D. 
Richard, son of Francis H., b. Ply¬ 
mouth, Eng., 1627, came to N. E., 1645, 
took oath of allegiance New Haven, 
Conn., 1647, removed to Fairfield, Conn., 
1664. 

HUBBS, HUBS 

Robert, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655. 
HUCKINS 

Robert, Dover, N. H., 1640. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1617, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1637, removed to Barnstable, 
Mass. 

HUCKLEY 

Thomas, took oath of fidelity, 1660. 
HUDDLESTONE 

Place name from a small parish in the 
West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng. 


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Valentine, resident of Newport, R. I., 
1673. 

HUDSON 

The son of Hud or Roger. 

Daniel, arrived Watertown, Mass., 
1640, removed Lancaster, Mass., 1664. 
Francis, son of William, fisherman, 
came from Chatham, County of Kent to 
Boston, Mass., Gov. Winthrop’s fleet. 
James, settled Boston, Mass., as early 
as 1641. 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., 1654. 
John, inhabitant Duxbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1683, no male issue. 

Jonathan, married Lyme, Conn., 1686. 
Nicholas, freeman Hingham, Mass., 
1637. 

Ralph, woolen draper, b. Eng., 1593, 
came from London, Eng., to Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, resident Lynn, Mass., 1637. 
William, baker, came Winthrop’s fleet, 
to Boston, Mass., 1630, returned to Eng., 
1656. 

HUESTED, HUSTED 

Robert, granted land at Mount Wollas¬ 
ton, now Braintree, Mass., 1640, soon 
after removed to Stamford, Conn. 
HUET, HEWITT 

The son of Hugh. 

Ephraim, clergyman, came from Wrax- 
all near Kenilworth, Eng., arrived Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1639, next year went to 
Windsor, Conn., died 1642, no male is¬ 
sue. 

Nicholas, resident Boston, Mass., 1643. 
Robert, came to N. E., 1632, was at 
Hartford, Conn., 1646. 

Thomas, brother of Rev. Ephraim, pro¬ 
prietor Hingham, Mass., 1647, among 
the pioneers of Oxbridge, Mass. 
Thomas, mariner, Stonington, Conn., 
1651, lost at sea. 

William, resident of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1668. 

HUGGINS 

The same as Higgins, see. 

John, Hampton, N. H., 1640. 

John, took oath of allegiance Newbury, 
Mass., 1678. 

Robert, Dover, N. H., 1642. 

HUGHES 

The son of Hugh, which is derived from 
Hougen, slasher, cutter. Alfred the 
Great used Hugh to denote comfort, in 
Gaelic it is Aoidh, signifying affability, 
a guest, a stranger. Hu suggests the idea 
of elevation; Ho Hu, highness. 

Arthur, Salem, Mass., 1676. 


James, resident Gloucester, Mass., 1670. 
Richard, living Guilford, Conn., 1640- 
50. 

HULBERT, HULBURD 

William, came to N. E., 1630, locating 
Dorchester, Mass., freeman 1632, re¬ 
moved Windsor, Conn., 16 36, thence 
1655, Northampton, Mass. 

HULING 

James, b. Eng., 1635, died Newport, R. 
I., 1697. 

HULL 

Place name from city of Hull, York¬ 
shire, Eng., it is derived from the Teu¬ 
tonic or Saxon Hulen, or Heulen, to 
howl, from the river Hull, when its 
mouth meets the sea. Hull is an old 
word for a hill; Hull Welsh, a rough 
uneven place. 

Andrew, b. Eng., 1610, came New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, where he died 
shortly afterward. 

Benjamin, clergyman, Weymouth, 
Mass., 1635, soon after at Bass river, 
now Beverly, Mass., in 1643, at York, 
Maine, at Dover, N. H., 1659-61, return¬ 
ed to Eng. 

i/George, son of Thomas, b. Krewkerne, 
Somersetshire, Eng., 1590, at Plymouth, 
Mass., 1629, lived at Boston, and Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1630, Windsor, Conn., in 
1636, afterwards Killingworth, Conn, 
and in 1646, Fairfield, Conn. 

John, blacksmith, freeman Dorchester, 
Mass., 1632, removed to Boston, Mass* 
1638. 

John, mint-master, son of Robert, h. 
Market Harborough, County of Leices¬ 
ter, Eng., 1624, freeman Boston, Mass,, 
1649; no male issue. 

John, merchant, resident of Boston, 
Mass., where he died 1673. 

John, Stratford, Conn., 1661-70. 

Joseph, freeman Hingham, Mass., 1635. 
Joseph, clergyman, b. Somersetshire, 
Eng., 1594, came to Boston, Mass., 1635, 
afterwards at Weymouth, Mass., and 
York, Maine, 1642; also at Barnstable 
and Yarmouth, Mass. Returned to Eng., 
1652, ten years later settling Dover, N. 
H., where he died 1665. 

Richard, of Derbyshire, Eng., free¬ 
man Mass., 1634, removed New Haven, 
Conn., 1640. 

Robert, blacksmith, came from Bristol, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, cooper, married Boston, Mass- 
1660. 

Tristram, Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
William, inhabitant of R. I., 1654. 


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HULTON 

Richard, Salisbury, Mass., 1673. 
HUMBER 

Edward, freeman Salem, Mass., 1665. 
Hummerston, Henry, resident of New 
Haven, Conn., 1644. 

Humphrey, inhabitant Hampton, N. H., 

1645. 

HUMPHREY, HUMFREY 

From Anglo-Saxon Humfred, house- 
peace. 

Jeremiah, Saco, Maine, 1653. 

John, first major-general of the colonv, 
came to Boston, 1634, from Sandwich, 
County of Kent, Eng., returned to Eng., 
1641. 

Jonas, tanner, came from Wendover, 
County of Bucks, Eng., to Dorchester, 
Mass., freeman of Conn., 1657. 
Michael, was at Dedham, Mass.; free¬ 
man of Conn., 1657. 

Nathaniel, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 
1680. 

Thomas, married Dover, N. H., 1660. 
HUNGERFORD 

Place name a market town in Berkshire, 
Eng. Hunger’s pass or way so called 
from Hunger, a celebrated Danish 
leader who invaded England. The lin¬ 
eage traced to Sir Thomas H. first 
speaker of the House of Commons, 
1377 - Farley Castle, the home of Sir 
Thomas located Blark, Bouton, County 
of Oxford. 

Thomas, mariner, proprietor of Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1639, shortly after removed 
to New London, Conn. 

HUNKIN, HUNKINS 

John, Portsmouth, N. H., 1660. 

Mark, brother of preceding, died Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1667. 

HUNLOCK, HUNLOKE 

Edward, attorney, came from Derby¬ 
shire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., before 
1682, removed to Burlington, N. J. 
HUNN 

A native of Hungary or from the Ger¬ 
man Hune, a giant; a Scythian. 

George, tanner, freeman Boston, Mass., 
1637, had estates Braintree, Mass., and 
Long Island, N. Y. 

HUNNIWELL 

John, surveyor of roads, Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1682. 

Roger, died at Saco, Maine, 1654. 
HUNT 

Mention in Chaucer for Huntsman. The 
Saxon word Hunter, a wolf used in 
connection with the animal to mean the 


pursuit of all game. The family took 
its name from their prowess in the 
hunting-field. Adam le Hunt lived in 
Nottinghamshire, Eng., as early as 1275. 
Bartholomew on record at Dover, N. 
H., 1640, removed Newport, R. I., 1655. 
Edmund, settled Cambridge, Mass., 1634, 
at Duxbury, Mass., 1637. 

Edward, died at Duxbury, Mass., 1665. 
Enoch, blacksmith, b. Titenden, parish 
Lee, County of Bucks, Eng., freeman 
Newport, R. I., 1638, removed Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1640. 

Jonathan, malster, b. Sudburrow, 
Thrapstone, Northamptonshire, Eng., 
1637, came to Hartford, Conn., 1658, 
shortly after removed to Northampton, 
Mass. 

Peter, inhabitant Rehoboth, Mass., 
1644. 

Richard, resident Boston, Mass., 1676. 
Robert, first on record, Charlestown, 
Mass., 1638, original proprietor Sud¬ 
bury, Mass. 

Samuel, inhabitant Duxbury, Mass., 
1663-90. 

Thomas, at Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., 1677. 
Thomas, freeman Northampton, Mass., 
1684. 

William, b. Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., 
1605, one of founders of Concord, Mass., 
1641, removed Marlboro, Mass., 1664. 
William, resident Boston, Mass., 1682. 
William, living at Weymouth, Mass., 
1688. 

Zaccheus, freeman Hull, Mass., 1680. 
HUNTER 

Robert, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 1640. 
William, married Boston, Mass., 1657. 
William, resident Springfield, Mass., 
1662. 

William, married at Barnstable, 

1671. 

HUNTING r ' 

John, b J^ing., 1597. One of the found- 
ex o yi Ciiurch at Dedham, Mass., 1638. 
HUNTINGTON, HUNTINGDON 

From Saxon Hunter’s don, the mount 
of hunters, the name of a shire and 
town in England. 

Christopher, son of Simon who died of 
small pox on passage to N. E., 1633. 
The widow Margaret settled Roxbury, 
Mass., in 1636, married Thomas Stough¬ 
ton with her four sons removed to 
Windsor, Conn. Christopher later set¬ 
tled at Norwich, Conn. 


CXXV111 


Simon, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man of Conn., 1657, lived at Branford, 
Conn., one founders of Newark, N. J. 
William, came to N. E., 1640, at Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1643, rated at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1650. 

William, took oath of fidelity Ames- 
bury, Mass., 1677. 

HUNTLEY 

Place name from a town in Aberdeen¬ 
shire, Scotland; the hunting field. 
John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1652, 
removed Roxbury, Mass., 1659, two 
years later Lyme, Conn. 

HUNTON 

Family of Saxon origin. Thomas and 
William de Hunton lived in Eng., 1272. 
William, at Hampton, N. H., 1644. 
HUNTRESS 

George, inhabitant Portsmouth, N. H., 
1688. 

HURD 

From Welsh word hurdh, a ram. 

Adam, living Stratford, Conn.,, 1650-69. 
John, brother of preceding, among first 
settlers Windsor, Conn., removed to 
Stratford, Conn., 1639. 

John, tailor, resident Boston, Mass., 

1639, freeman 1640. 

John, weaver, freeman of Mass., 1652, 
was at Lynn, Mass. 

John, freeman Stratford, Conn., 1669. 
John, located at Dover, N. H., 1648, at 
Marblehead, Mass., 1669. 

HURLBURT, HULBERT 

Thomas, blacksmith, b. Scotland, 1610, 
at Saybrook, Conn., a soldier in the 
Pequot War in 1638, settled Wethers¬ 
field, Conn. 

Thomas, resident Woodbury, Conn., 
1680. 

William, Dorchester, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved to Windsor, Conn., as early as 

1640. 

HUK.\Y 

W t t.lt*.’& Chariest-wn, Mass., 1664. 
HURST 

From Saxon word sigfivf^Ag a wood, 
a grove. 

James, tanner, erected first tannery at 
Plymouth, Mass., 1640, one of original 
purchasers Dartmouth, Mass. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1653. 
Thomas, living 1678 Hadley, Mass., re¬ 
moved Deerfield, Mass., about 1685. 
William, married at Sandwich, Mass., 
1640. 


HUSE 

Abel, of Welsh ancestry, came from 
London, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1635. 
Edward, freeman, Gloucester, Mk"ss., 
1690. 

HUSSEY, HUZZEY 

The name came into England at the 
time of William the Conqueror. Hugh 
or Hubert, Holse or Husey, married in 
1014 a daughter of the third Duke of 
Normandy, therefore the name changed 
from a German form to French and 
afterward anglicized to Hussey. The 
family after the Conquest was seated 
in counties of Kent and Dorset. 
Christopher, son of John H., of Dork¬ 
ing, County of Suffolk, Eng., b. in that 
place 1598-99, came to N. E., settling 
Charlestown, Mass., 1630, shortly after 
removed to Lynn, Mass., thence to New¬ 
bury, Mass., in 1635 was one of first set¬ 
tlers Hampton, N. H., removed 1650 to 
Hampton Falls, N. H., and 1659 became 
one proprietors Nantucket Island, Mass. 
Joseph, brother preceding, resident 
Hampden, N. H., 1672, bore the title 
of captain. 

Robert, resident Duxbury, Mass., 1643- 

55- 

Robert, taxed at Dover, N. H., 1657. 
Robert, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
HUSTING 

John, Manchester, Mass., 1649. ^ 
HUTCHINS, HUTCHINGS 

The child of Hugh, see Hitchins. 
Enoch, married in N. H., 1667. 

George, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 
1638. 

John, resident Newbury, Mass., 1640. 
John, died Wethersfield, Conn., 1681. 
Joseph, married Boston, Mass., 1657. 
Nicholas, resident Lynn, Mass., 1666. 
HUTCHINSON 

The son of Hitchins or Hutchins. The 
origin of the family has been assigned 
to one Urtchensis, a Norwegian who 
came with William the Conqueror. The 
first English record is in 1282, when 
Barnard Hutchinson lived at Crowland, 
Yorkshire, Eng. 

Edward, son of Susanna, a widow, came 
to Boston, Mass., from Alford, Lin¬ 
colnshire, Eng., 1633, he removed R. I., 
1637, soon after returned to Eng. 
Francis, died Concord, Mass., 1661. 
Francis, b. Eng., 1630, married at Lynn, 
Mass., 1661. 

George, came in Winthrop’s fleet, 1630; 


CXX1X 


early connected with church at Boston, 
Mass. 

John, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1643. 
Ralph, married Boston, Mass., 1656, 
removed to Northampton, Mass., 1662. 
Richard, son of Thomas, tenth genera¬ 
tion from Bernard, b. Eng., 1602-03, set¬ 
tled what is now Danvers, Mass., 1634. 
Samuel, bachelor, brother of William, 
came to Boston, Mass., granted land 
R. I., 1638. 

Samuel, resident of Reading, Mass., 
1670. 

Samuel, married Andover, Mass., 1686. 
Thomas, Lynn, Mass., 1637, removed 
Long Island, N. Y., freeman Conn., 
1664. 

William, husband of the noted Ann H., 
came to N. E., from Alford, Lincoln¬ 
shire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1634, free¬ 
man 1635, removed to R. I., 1638, died 
1642. 

HUTTON 

Hutain in French, haughty, proud. A 
town in England; the high town. ' 
John, Wenham, Mass., 1675. 

Richard, brother of preceding, b. Eng., 
1621, freeman Wenham, Mass., 1672. 
HUXLY, HUXLEY 

Thomas, married Hartford, Conn., 
1668, removed Suffield, Conn., 1680. 
HUXSTABLE 

Christopher, inhabitant Marblehead, 
Mass., 1668. 

HYATT, HYETT 

Thomas, resident Dorchester, Mass., 
1633, moved Stamford, Conn., 1641. 
HYDE 

From Saxon hyd or hit he, a landing 
place, a haven, harbor, also locally a 
farm, as much land as can be cultivated 
with one plow. A town of Cheshire, 
Eng. 

George, ship-carpenter, at Boston, Mass., 
1642. 

Isaac, married, Salem, Mass., 1665. 
John, resident Stratford, Conn., 1668. 
Jonathan, b. London, Eng., 1626, set¬ 
tled Newton, Mass., 1647, removed fol¬ 
lowing year Cambridge, Mass. 

Richard, living Salem, Mass., 1642. 
Samuel, elder brother of Jonathan, b. 
Eng., 1610, settled Cambridge, Mass., 
1640, proprietor Billerica, Mass., 1652. 

William, came to N. E., 1633, located at 
Newton, Mass., went with Hooker’s col¬ 
ony to Conn., 1636, locating at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., removed Saybrook, Conn., 
1652, thence 1660 Norwich, Conn. 


HYLAND 

George, resident Guilford, Conn., 166a, 
no male issue. 

Thomas, from Tenterden, County of 
Kent, Eng., located Scituate, Mass., 

1637- 

IBROOK 

Richard, Hingham, Mass., 1643. 

IDE 

The same as Hyde, (see) ; the “H” be¬ 
ing dropped in the pronunciation. Iden, 
a town in England. 

Nicholas, son of Nicholas, came with 
his mother, who married Thomas Bliss, 
to N. E., 1636, located Rehoboth, Mass., 

1643. 

IGGLEDEN,EGGLEDEN 

Richard, son of Stephen, came to N. 
E., 1638, married Boston, Mass., 1660. 
ILSLEY 

Isle’s-ley, the place on the island. 
John, barber, original proprietor and 
freeman Salisbury, Mass., 1639. 
v William, shoemaker, brother of the 
preceding, b. Eng., 1612, came to N. E. 
from Wiltshire, Eng., 1638, located 
Newbury, Mass. 

INCE 

Jonathan, original proprietor Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., removed Boston, Mass., 
before 1640. 

INDICUTT, INDICUT 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1670. 
John, cooper, warden King’s Chapel, 
Boston, Mass., 1698. 

INES, INNES 

The name of Celtic or Gaelic origin, 
an island or peninsular made by a fresh 
water river or the sea. The family is 
of great antiquity in Scotland, where it 
derives its surname from the lands of 
Innis, from the Gaelic Inch, a part of 
that barony being an island formed by 
two branches of a stream running 
through the estate. 

Matthew or Matthias, in the employ¬ 
ment of William Colburn, when 1634 
admitted to the church, Boston, Mass. 
INGALL, INGALLS 

The name of Scandinavian origin. In 
the Doomsday Book the form of the 
name is Ingaldus, and this authority 
gives a Baron Ingald, a tenant of King 
William in Leicestershire, 1080. The 
earliest record of the present spelling 
is Henry Ingalls, 1480. 

Benjamin, married Portsmouth, R. I., 
1682. 

Edmund, grandson Henry, son of Rob¬ 
ert, b. Lincolnshire, Eng., 1598, came 
with Gov. Endicott to Salem, Mass., 


1628, settled at Lynn, Mass., 1629, 
drowned in Saugus river, 1648. 

Francis, tanner, brother of preceding, 
b. Eng., 1601, came with his brother to 
Salem, Mass., afterwards at Lynn, 
Mass., had the earliest tannery in Mas¬ 
sachusetts Bay Colony. 

John, inhabitant Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
INGERSOLL 

Richard, came with Rev. Francis Hig- 
ginson from Bedfordshire, Eng., to 
Salem, Mass., 1629, died 1644. 

INGHAM 

The name from a parish in the hun¬ 
dred of Hopping, County of Norfolk, 
Eng. A town on low ground, meadow 
or pasture. 

John or Joseph married, Saybrook, 
Conn., 16^5. 

Thomas, weaver, at Scituate, Mass., 
1640. 

INGLES, INGLISH, INGLIS 

The name was given in Scotland to dis¬ 
tinguish the family of some English 
settler, the Englishman. In ancient rec¬ 
ords of the family the name Anglicus 
is often mentioned. 

Mauditt or Maudett, fuller, came from 
Marlborough, Wiltshire, Eng., to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635. 

William, cordwainer, at Boston, Mass., 

1652. 

INGOLDSBY 

From Saxon Ing-gil-by, the town near 
the brook in the narrow valley. Ingles - 
by, the town of the English or Angles, 
which was named when the Angles first 
invaded England. A town in Lin¬ 
colnshire, Eng. 

John, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1642. 
INGRAM, INGRAHAM 

From Saxon Engel, angel and rein, pur¬ 
ity. Pure as an angel. Randolph, son 
of Ingeliam, English ancester, 1138. 
Edward, b. Eng., 1617, came to Salem, 
Mass., 1635, where he was granted lands 
1638. 

Hcnrv, resident Boston, Mass., 1672. 
Jared, married Boston, Mass., 1662, re¬ 
moved Swansea, Mass., vi?Z- 
John, b. Eng., 1642, on record first Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., removed Hadley, Mass., 
1661. 

Richard, came to N. E. between 1638- 
42, proprietor Rehoboth, Mass., 1645, re¬ 
moved to Northampton, Mass., 1668. 
William, cooper, at Boston, Mass., 

1653, later Stonington, Conn. 


INMAN 

Edward, glover, resident Providence. 
R. I., 1646. 

IRELAND 

A name given to a native of that island. 
Ireland signifies West-land from Gaelic 
Iar, the west, and the Teutonic land. 

John, sea captain, admitted to church, 
Boston, Mass., 1693. 

Philip, resident Ipswich, Mass., where 
he died 1692. 

Samuel, carpenter, b. 1603, came Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635, from London, Eng., 
later settled Wethersfield, Conn. 
William, at Dorchester, Mass., 1648, 
removed to what is now Chelsea, Mass., 

1654- 

IRESON 

Edward, b. Eng., 1603, came Lynn, 
Mass., 1635. 

Richard, Lynn, Mass., 1643. 

IRISH 

A native of Ireland. 

John, came from parish Clisdon, Coun¬ 
ty of Somerset, Eng., to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1629, at Duxbury, Mass., 1637, 
removed to Bridgewater, Mass., later 
Little Compton, R. I. 

ISBELL 

Robert, inhabitant New London, Conn., 
1650. 

ISLIN 

Thomas, freeman Sudbury, Mass., 1640. 
ISSAM, ISHAM 

John, married Barnstable, Mass., 1677. 

IVES 

The name is derived from lve or Ives, 
Gaelic, meaning chief or leader. The 
English family takes its name from St. 
Ives, County of Huntingdon, Eng. 

John, inhabitant New Haven, Conn., 
1669. 

Joseph, proprietor New Haven, Conn., 
1685. 

Miles or Michael, Watertown, Mass., 
1639, removed Boston, Mass., 1641. 
Thomas, Salem, Mass., 1668. 

William, b. Eng., 1607, came to N. E., 
1635, signed civil compact at New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, known as Captain 
William. 

IVEY 

James, died Braintree, Mass., 1654, no 
issue. 

John, brother of preceding, resident 
Newbury, Mass., 1643. 

William, carpenter, brother of preced¬ 
ing, b. Eng., 1607, came Lynn, Mass., 


. St 


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1635, removed to Boston, Mass., where 
he died 1652. 

IVORY 

Thomas, Lynn, Mass., 1638. 

JACKLIN, JACKING 

Edmund, glazier, freeman, Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

JACKMAN 

James, came from Exeter Devonshire, 
Eng., to Newbury, Mass., before 1648. 
JACKSON 

The son of Jack or John. 

Abraham, apprentice of Secretary Mor¬ 
ton, married at Plymouth, Mass., 1657, 
where he died 1714. 

Edmund, shoemaker, came from Boston, 
Eng., joined church at Boston, Mass., 

1635. 

Edward, nailer, bapt. St. Dunstans 
Church, Stepney, Whitechapel parish, 
London, Eng., 1604, came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1643, freeman 1645, purchased 
land at what is now Newton, 1646, pro¬ 
prietor at Billerica, Mass. 

Edward, brother of Abraham, lived at 
Cambridge, Mass., killed 1676, King 
Philip’s war. 

Henry, b. Eng., 1606, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 1635, 
engaged in fishing, freeman Fairfield, 
Conn., 1669. 

John, fisherman, came to N. E., 1635, 
granted land Salem, Mass., 1637. 

John, elder brother Edward, bapt. Step¬ 
ney, Eng., 1602, settled Cambridge. 
Mass., 1639. 

John, brother Abraham and Henry, b. 
Eng., 1608, settled Boston, Mass., 1635. 
John, freeman, Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 
John, married Boston, Mass., 1657. 
John, resident Scarborough, Maine, 
*663. 

John, inhabitant New Haven, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1655. 

Nicholas, Rowley, Mass., 1643. 
Richard, representative to General 
Court from Cambridge, Mass., 1637, died 
aged ninety years leaving no issue. 
Samuel, came from Plymouth, Mass., 
joined church Scituate, Mass., 1638. 
Walter, Dover, N. H., 1658. 

William, Rowley, Mass., 1639, built the 
first house in what is now Bradford, 
Mass. 

William, Saybrook, Conn., 1648. 
JACOB, JACOBES 

A Hebrew name signifying he that sup¬ 
plants. 


Bartholomew, inhabitant New Haven, 
Conn., 1668. 

George, resided at what is now Danvers, 
Mass., 1658; executed for witchcraft, 
1692. 

Nicholas, b. Hanover, County of Suf¬ 
folk, Eng., came from Hingham, Eng., 
settled at Watertown, Mass., 1633, free¬ 
man Hingham, Mass., 1636. 

Peter, resident Hartford, Conn., 1647. 
Richard, came to Ipswich, Mass., 1634, 
freeman 1635. 

JAFFREY 

George, married Newbury, Mass., 1665, 
removed Boston, Mass., in 1677 to New¬ 
castle, N. H. 

JAGGER 

Jeremy, master of trading vessel; early 
settler Wethersfield, Conn., served Pe- 
quot War, 1637, removed 1641, Stam¬ 
ford, Conn. 

JAMES 

The same as Jacob, see. 

Charles, married Gloucester, Mass., 
1673. 

Edmund, inhabitant Newbury, Mass., 
before 1670. 

Erasmus, Salem, Mass., 1637, granted 
land Marblehead, Mass., 1648, died 
about 1660, no issue. 

Francis, came from Hingham, Eng., 
to Hingham, Mass., 1638, freeman 1643 
Gawdy, Charlestown, Mass., 1639, free¬ 
man 1642, became inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., 1657, left no issue. 

Hugh, sent over by Mason to Ports¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1630. 

Joseph, at Fairfield, Conn., 1674, no 
male issue. 

Philip, brother of Francis, came to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638, died before 1640. 
Thomas, clergyman, b. Lincolnshire, 
Eng., came to Charlestown, Mass., 
1632, removed New Haven, Conn., 1639, 
returned to Eng., before 1648. 
Thomas, physician, one of founders 
First Baptist Church, Providence, R. 
I., 1637. 

Thomas, came from Marlborough, 
Wiltshire, Eng., 1635, to Dedham, Mass., 
granted land Salem, Mass., 1638. 
JAMESON 

The son of James. 

Andrew, one of first members of Scott’s 
Charitable Society, Boston, Mass., 
i657- 

Robert, resident of Watertown, Mass., 
1642. * 

- ? Yilli/*i, casco, Maine, 1685. 


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JANES, JEANES 

The son of Jane. 

William, preacher, b. County of Essex, 
Eng., 1610, came to New Haven, 
Conn., 1643, removed to Northampton, 
Mass., 1657. Among first settlers 
Northfield, Mass., returned Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass., where he died 1690. 
JAQUES 

Henry, carpenter, settled Newbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

JAQUITH 

Abraham, admitted member of church 
Charlestown, Mass., 1643. 

JARRATT 

John, freeman Rowley, Mass., 1640; 
no male issue. 

JARVIS 

The name of French derivation orig¬ 
inal Gervais. The ancient seat of the 
family Bretagne, France. The first of 
the name on record Jean Gervais, 1400. 
John, merchant, Boston, Mass., where 
he died 1648. 

John, shipwright, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1661. 

William, settled at Norwalk, Conn., 
removed to Huntington, Long Island, 
N. Y. 

JECOCKES, JECOXE 

Francis, resident Stratford, Conn., 
1646. 

JEFFORD 

John, resident Lynn, Mass., 1675. 
JEFFREY, JEFFERS 

Corrupted from Geoffrey or Godfrey. 
German from God and fried, God’s 
peace, or from gau and fried, joyful 
peace. This name was borne by the 
chief of the royal house of Plantag- 
v nent. 

David, merchant, married Boston, Mass., 
1686. 

Digory, constable Kittery, Maine, 1664. 
Francis, resident Falmouth, Maine, 
1685. 

George, inhabitant Windsor, Conn., 
1669, removed Suffield, Conn., and 1709 
to Westerly, R. I. 

George, merchant, came from Scotland 
to Boston, Mass., 1676, removed Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1684. 

Gregory, freeman Wells, Maine, 1653. 
Robert, physician, b. Eng., 1605, came 
to Charlestown, Mass., 1635, removed to 
R. L, 1638, a resident of Newport, R. 
I., 1640. 

Thomas, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 
1634, removed New Haven, Conn., 1638. 


William, came from County of Sussex, 
Eng., one earliest settlers in Mass. Bay, 
before Endicott and Winthrop, free¬ 
man Weymouth, Mass., 1630, at New¬ 
port, R. I., before 1655. 

JEFFTS, JEFFS 

Henry, b. Eng., 1606, proprietor Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., 1640, one first settlers Bil¬ 
lerica, Mass., 1654. 

JEGGLES 

Daniel, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1639. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, married 
Salem, Mass., 1647. 

William, shipwright, brother of Daniel 
at Salem, Mass., 1637. 

JELLICOE 

Thomas, inhabitant Middletown, Conn., 
1684. 

JEMPSON, JEMSON 

James, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 

1647- 

Patrick, living Dover, N. H., 1659. 
JENKINS 

From Jenks or John and the patronymic 
termination ings belonging to, or son 
of John. 

Edward, came to Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
Henry, inhabitant N. H. before 1670. 
Joel, freeman Braintree, Mass., 1646, 
removed Malden, Mass. 

John, Plymouth, Mass., 1643, removed 
Barnstable, Mass., where he married 

1653- 

Lemuel, married Malden, Mass., 1671. 
Obadiah, resident Malden, Mass., 1677. 
Reginald, Dorchester, 1630, killed by 
Indians 1632. 

Robert, Dover, N. H., 1657, at York, 
Maine, 1674. 

Samuel, resident Greenwich, Conn., 
1672. 

JENKS, JENCKES 

The same as Johns; the son of John. 
Joseph, blacksmith, inventor, cut the 
dies for the colony’s coinage, b. Ham¬ 
mersmith, County of Middlesex, Eng., 
1602, built first forge and iron foundry 
N. E. at Saugus, Mass., 1645. 

Joseph, b. Eng., 1602, came to N. E. 
1643, settled Lynn, Mass., later remov¬ 
ed to R. I. 

JENNER, JENNE, JENNESS, JENNY 
An old form for joiner. 

David, settled Charlestown, Mass., res- 
* ident Boston, Mass., 1685. 

Francis, baker, b. Hampton, Eng., 1634, 
Hampton, N. H., 1671, died New¬ 

castle, N. H., 1716. 


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John, brewer, came from Norwich, 
Eng., to Rotterdam, Holland, thence 
Plymouth, Mass., 1623. 

Thomas, clergyman, Roxbury, Mass., 
1634; removed Weymouth, Mass., made 
a freeman 1636, in 1640 went to Saco, 
Maine, but soon after returned to Eng. 
Thomas, inhabitant Charlestown, Mass., 
1658. 

JENNINGS 

The same as Jenkins, see. 

John, living Hartford, Conn., 1639, re¬ 
moved 1641, Southampton, Long Island, 
N. Y. 

John, living Sandwich, Mass., 1667. 
Jonathan, resident Norwich, Conn., 
1684. 

Joshua, b. Eng., 1620, first record, 
Hartford, Conn., 1647, removed Fair- 
field, Conn., 1650. 

Nicholas, b. Eng., 1612, came from 
Ipswich, Eng., to Hartford, Conn., 1636, 
afterwards Saybrook, Conn. 

Richard, clergyman, b. Ipswich, County 
of Suffolk, Eng., came to N. E., 1636, 
locating Ipswich, Mass., returned to 
Eng., 1638. 

Richard, resident Bridgewater, Mass., 
1666, was in N. E. as early as 1635. 
Richard, came from Barbadoes, West 
Indies to New London, Conn., 1676. 
Samuel, freeman Portsmouth, R. I., 
1655. 

Stephen, married Hatfield, Mass., 1677, 
removed Brookfield, Mass. 

Thomas, freeman Portsmouth, R. I., 
1655, was living in the town as early 
as 1643. 

JENNISON 

Robert, from Colchester, County of Es¬ 
sex, Eng., settled Charlestown, Mass., 

1630, removed 1636, Watertown, Mass. 
William, brother preceding, came to 
N. E., 1630, freeman Watertown, Mass., 

1631, returned Colchester, Eng., 1651. 
JEPSON 

Christopher, inhabitant Dorchester, 
Mass., 1646. 

John, b Eng., 1618-20, at Boston, 
Mass., 1639. 

Roger, at Saybrook, Conn., removed 
Middletown, Conn., where he died 1680. 
Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., 1692. 
JESSOP, JESSUP 

The same as Joseph from the Hebrew 
signifying increase, addition. 

Edward, came N. E., before 1649, Stam¬ 
ford, Conn., 1650, removed Newtown, 
Long Island, N. Y., 1656. 


John, Wethersfield, Conn., 1637, remov¬ 
ed Stamford, Conn., 1640, thence Green¬ 
wich, Conn., finally located Southamp¬ 
ton, Long Island, N. Y. 

JEWELL 

Signifying joy, mirth, precious; a jew¬ 
el, a precious stone, a name expressive 
of fondness. 

Samuel, resident Boston, Mass., 1655. 
Thomas, b. Eng., about 1600, came to 
N. E., 1635, granted land Braintree, 
Mass., 1639. 

JEWETT 

The little Jew, the son of a Jew; from 
the French word Jouet, toy, sport. The 
family of French Huguenot descent. 
Henri de Juatt was a knight of the first 
Crusaders. 

John, freeman, Ipswich, Mass., 1676. 
Joseph, son of Edward J., came to N. 
E., 1638, locating Dorchester, Mass., 

thence the following year removed 
Rowley, Mass., where he was a free¬ 
man 1639. 

1 Maximillian, brother of preceding, b. 
Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, 
Eng., 1604, came to N. E., 1638, deacon 
Rowley, Mass., 1639. 

Nathaniel, freeman Concord, Mass., 
1681. 

Thomas, resident Hingham, Mass., 
1672. 

JILLSON 

See Gilson. 

JOHNS, JOHNES 

Edward, son of Richard J., of Somer¬ 
set, Eng., came to Charlestown, Mass., 
1630, resident Boston, Mass., 1637. 

Johnson 

The son of John. 

Charles, resident New London, Conn.. 
1690. 

Davy, came to N. E., 1630, locating 
Dorchester, Mass. 

Edmund, b. Eng., 1612, came to N. E., 
1635, resident Hampton, N. H., 1639. 
Edward, known as Capt. Edward, auth¬ 
or, son of William J., b. parish Herne- 
hill near Canterbury, County of Kent, 
Eng., 1598, came with Winthrop to N. 
E., 1630, locating Charlestown, Mass., 
thence to Salem, Mass., returned to 
Eng., 1635, came second time 1637 to 
Charlestown, Mass., one founders of 
church Woburn, Mass., 1642. 

Edward, resident Branford, Conn., 
1690. 

Francis, freeman Salem, Mass., 1631. 
Isaac, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1676. 


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James, glover, b. Eng., 1607, freeman 
Boston, Mass., 1636. 

James, sent by Mason to Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1630-31. 

Jeremiah, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1662. 

John, yeoman, b. Waterham, parish 
Hernehill Canterbury, County of Kent, 
Eng., came to N. E. in Winthrop’s fleet, 
1630. First record among the early set¬ 
tlers, Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 

John, resident Newport, R. I., 1638, 
afterwards Wickford, R. I., 1674. 

John, resident Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 
John, b. Eng., 1609, came to N. E., 1635, 
living New Haven, Conn., 1643. 

John, b. Eng., 1612, came from London, 
Eng., to N. E., 1635, freeman Guil¬ 
ford, Conn., 1669. 

John, married Rowley, Mass., 1650. 
John, Lancaster, Mass., 1654, after¬ 
wards Salisbury, Mass., thence Marl¬ 
boro, Mass. 

John, blacksmith, married Charlestown, 
Mass., 1656, removed 1662, Haverhill, 
Mass. 

John, married Watertown, Mass., 1659, 
removed Lexington, Mass. 

John, married in N. H., 1661. 

John, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 1673. 
John, Norwich, Conn., 1677. 

John, Huguenot refugee, came Roch¬ 
elle, France, to Oxford, Mass., 1686, 
killed with three children by Indians, 
1696. 

John, lighterman, resident Salem, 
Mass., 1691. 

Peter, resident Fairfield, Conn., 1649. 
Return, took oath of allegiance, 
Hampton, N. H., 1678. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1612, settled Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1630, afterwards at Water- 
town and Lynn, Mass. 

Robert, came from Kingston-on-Hull, 
Leicestershire, Eng., one founders New 
Haven, Conn., 1638. 

Robert, resident Marblehead, Mass., 

1674. 

Samuel, mariner, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1653. 

Samuel, Lynn, Mass., 1664. 

Solomon, b. Eng., 1615, at Sudbury, 
Mass., 1638, proprietor 1645, removed 
Marlboro, Mass., 1653. 

Stephen, first settled Ipswich, Mass., 
removed to Andover, Mass., married 
1661. 


Thomas, cobbler, admitted inhabitant 
Hartford, Conn., 1640. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1610, came to N. E., 
1635 ; was drowned Boston Harbor, 1656. 
Thomas, resident New London, Conn., 
1682. 

Thomas, married at Andover, Mass., 

1657. 

Timothy, resident of Andover, Mass., 
1674. 

William, brother Capt. Edward, b. 
Hernehill, Canterbury, County of Kent, 
Eng., 1605, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 

1634. 

William, married Guilford, Conn., 1663. 
William, resident Stonington, Conn., 
1670. 

William, married at Andover, Mass., 
1678. 

Wingle or Windle, married at New 
Haven, Conn., 1664, 

Zechariah, resident Charlestown, 
Mass., 1672. 

JOHONNOT 

Daniel, Huguenot, b. Rochelle, France, 
1668, living Oxford, Mass., 1686. 
JONES 

The same as John or Johns. In He¬ 
brew signifies gracious. 

In Wales Jones was one of the tribes 
of Cimbri, that ruled the country when 
it was free. 

Abel, freeman Northampton, Mass., 
1690. 

Abraham, resident Hull, Mass., 1657. 
Alexander, sent by Mason to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1631. 

Benjamin, inhabitant Malden, Mass., 
1681. 

Charles, b. Eng., 1614, came Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635. 

Cornelius, settled Stamford, Conn., 
where he died 1657. 

David, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1665. 
Griffin or Griffith, settled Springfield, 
Mass., 1646. 

Henry, resident Lynn, Mass., 1642. 
Hugh, came Wiscanton parish, Somer¬ 
setshire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1650. 
Jacob, died New Haven, Conn., 1675. 
Jeffrey, Southold, Long Island, N. Y., 
1664, removed Salem, Mass., 1668. 
Jenkin, inhabitant Dover, N. H., 
1666. 

John, clergyman, son of William, of 
Abergavonny, County of Monmouth, 


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Eng., came to N. E., 1635, located Con¬ 
cord, Mass. 

John, freeman Providence, R. I., 1655, 
there in 1646. 

John, b. Eng., 1615, came from London, 
Eng., to Portsmouth, N. H., 1635; no 
issue. 

John, b. Eng., 1620, came to N. E., 1635, 
resident Cambridge, Mass., 1648. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1665. 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1672. 

Lewis, b. Eng., 1600, came to N. E., 
1640, settling Roxbury, Mass., removed 
Watertown, Mass., 1650. 

Lewis, resident Saybrook, Conn., 1667. 
Matthew, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 

1645. 

Morgan, clergyman, son of John of Bas- 
saley 1 , living near Newport, County of 
Monmouth, Eng., at Killingworth and 
Branford, Conn., inhabitant Newtown, 
Long Island, N. Y., 1680. 

Ralph, farmer, settled Plymouth, Mass., 
before 1643, removed Barnstable, 
Mass., 1654. 

Rice, living Boston, Mass., 1651. 
Richard, Dorchester, Mass., 1635, where 
he died 1641. 

Richard, Farmington, Conn., one first 
settlers Haddam, Conn., where he died 
1670. 

Robert, Hingham, Mass., 1637, remov¬ 
ed Rehoboth, Mass., 1644. 

Robert, married Salisbury, Mass., 1659. 
Robert, b. Eng., 1633, resident Ames- 
bury, Mass., 1666. 

Stephen, freeman Dover, N. H., 1672. 
Teague, inhabitant Yarmouth, Mass., 

1653- 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1595, came to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1635, where he died 
1667. 

Thomas, Newbury, Mass., 1637, remov¬ 
ed Hampton, N. H., 1639, afterwards 
Kittery, Maine. 

Thomas, tailor, b. Eng., 1602, came from 
Caversham, Oxfordshire, Eng., to Hing¬ 
ham, Mass., 1638. 

Thomas, butcher, b. Eng., 1612, came 
from Yarmouth, Eng., to Charlestown, 
Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, b. Eng., or Wales, 1598, came 
before 1640 to N. E., first record Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., 1642, removed New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1651. 

Thomas, resident Taunton, Mass., 1659. 


Thomas, settled Guilford, Conn., 1639, 
returned to Eng., 1651. 

Thomas, married Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Thomas, inhabitant Springfield, Mass., 
1678. 

William, mason, at Cambridge, Mass., 
1635, residing Charlestown, Mass., 1658. 
William, Portsmouth, N. H., removed 
to Dover, N. H., 1644. 

William, lawyer, b. Eng., 1624, came to 
N. E., 1660, locating New Haven, Conn. 
JORDAN, JORDEN 

From the Hebrew, the river of Judg¬ 
ment. Jardain in Gaelic the western 
river with respect to the Euphrates. The 
name is derived from its two spring¬ 
heads Jor and Dan. The family was 
seated Dorsetshire, Eng., as early as 
1400. 

Francis, Ipswich, Mass., 1634. 

James, resident of Dedham, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1655. 

John, signed the covenant Guilford, 
Conn., 1639. 

John, Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 

Robert, clergyman, came from Worces¬ 
ter, Eng., as early as 1641, established 
in ministry Richmond Island, near Scar¬ 
borough, Maine, removed 1675 Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., where he died 1679. 
Stephen, came Ipswich, Mass., 1634, 
shortly afterwards removed to Newbury, 
Mass. 

JOSSELYN, JOCELYN, JOSLIN 

Place name from Jocelin, a town in 
France. The English family trace their 
ancestry to Sir Gilbert Jocelyne, who 
came from Normandy with William the 
Conqueror. 

Henry, son of Sir Thomas J., County 
of Kent, Eng., came to Scarborough, 
Maine, as employee of Mason, paten¬ 
tee, N. H., afterwards engaged under 
Sir Ferdinand Gorges, became freeman 
1658, died Pemaquid, Maine, 1682. 

John, brother of preceding, arrived Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1638, returned Eng., 1672, 
author “New England” Rarities.” 
Richard, freeman, Saybrook, Conn., 
1669. 

Thomas, husbandman, b. Eng., 1592, 
came N. E., 1635, settling Hingham, 
Mass., 1637, among grantees Sudbury, 
Mass., 1640, afterwards removed Lan¬ 
caster, Mass., where he signed the civil 
compact, 1654. 

JOY 

Gladness, exhilaration of spirits; to 
shout, rejoice. 


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Jacob, resident Fairfield, Conn., remov¬ 
ed Killingworth, Conn., 1673. 

Thomas, house carpenter, resident Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1638. 

Walter, inhabitant Milford, Conn., 

1650. 

JOYCE, JESSE, JOSE 

The word signifies joyous. 

Christopher, at Isle of Shoals, N. H., 

1651, removed Portsmouth, N. H. 

David, goldsmith, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1698. 

John, settled at Lynn, Mass., removed 
Sandwich, Mass., 1637, thence Yar¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1643. 

Walter, Marshfield, Mass., 1667. 
William, at Windsor, Conn., removed 
Springfield, Mass.; drowned at Enfield 
Falls, 1645. 

JOYLIFFE 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1657, 
freeman 1673. 

JUDD 

From Hebrew, Juda, praise, confession; 
and signifies the confessor of God. In 
Dutch Jode or Jood meaning Israelite, a 
Jew: Jute, a native of Jutland. 

Roger, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Thomas, settled Cambridge, Mass., 

1634, removed Hartford, Conn., 1636, 
one of first proprietors Farmington, 
Conn., 1644, removed Northampton, 
Mass., 1679. 

JUDKIN, JUDKINS 

Job, resident Boston, Mass., 1638. 
Samuel, married Hingham, Mass., 1667. 
Thomas, Gloucester, Mass., 1651. 
JUDSON 

A surname of the baptismal class signi¬ 
fying “the son of Jordan” a personal 
name of great popularity in twelfth cen¬ 
tury. 

Samuel, son of Michael of Horton, 
Yorkshire, Eng., resident Dedham, 
Mass,. 1646. 

William, b. Yorkshire, Eng., came to 
Concord, Mass., 1634, removed Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1638, the next year Strat¬ 
ford, Conn., a few years later New 
Haven, Conn. 

KAME 

Richard, settled at York, Maine, 1670. 
KEAYNE 

John, came from Southampton, Eng., in 
1638 to Hingham, Mass., where he died 
1650. 

Robert, merchant, b. Eng., 1595, a mem¬ 
ber of the Merchant Taylor Company 
of London; came to Boston, Mass., 

1635, died 1656. 


William, resident of Boston, Mas&, 
1656. 

KEELER 

Occupation name—one who manages 
barges and vessels. 

Ralph, had a lot at Hartford, Conn, 
1640; among the first settlers of Nor¬ 
walk, Conn., where he was made free¬ 
man, 1668. 

KEELEY 

Edward, came from London, Eng., 1635, 
aged 14; a proprietor at New Haven, 
Conn., 1685. 

KEEN, KEAN 

The name from the Gaelic word ceann , 
the head, the top, a chief, a commander. 
Arthur, died at Boston, Mass., 1687. 
John, mariner, came from Southamp¬ 
ton, Eng., to Boston, Mass., at age of 
seventeen. 

Josiah, married at Duxbury, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1660. 

William, granted land at Salem, Mass, 
1638. 

KEENY, KEENEY 

Alexander, freeman at Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1667, where he died, 1680. 
William, at Gloucester, Mass., before 
1640; removed to New London, Conn, 
1651; died 1675. 

KEEP 

John, at Springfield, Mass., 1660; killed 
by savages, 1676. 

KEESE 

John, married at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1682. 

KEITH 

A local name from the parish of Keith, 
in Banffshire, Scotland. The name is 
derived from the Gaelic gaoth, wind. 
The old village and kirk are called Ar- 
keith, which is a corruption of the Gae¬ 
lic ard, gaoth, signifying high wind. The 
name may be derived from the Welsh 
caeth, a place surrounded, shut up, in¬ 
closed, a deep hollow, a strait. The root 
of the word is the Welsh cau, to close, 
to shut up. From traditions it is 
recorded that the family came from 
Germany in the reign of the Emperor 
Otho, and from the principality of 
Hesse, from which they were expelled 
in some revolution. The first person of 
the family that old historians notice is 
Robert De Keith, to whom Malcom II, 
King of Scotland, gave the barony of 
Keith in East Lothian as a reward for 
killing Camus, a Danish general who 
invaded Scotland. The battle was fought 
at Barry, seven miles from Dundee, 
where an obelisk called Camus’ stone 
marks the spot of the victory. The 


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Scottish king dipped his three fingers 
in the blood of the defeated general, 
stroked them along the field of Robert 
De Keith, the Scotch champion’s shield, 
bestowing on him the lorded estates 
mentioned, also giving him the dignity 
of Great Marshal of Scotland. 

James, first minister of Bridgewater, 
Mass., b. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1643; 
came to Mass., 1662; ordained minister 
1664; died 1719. 

KELLEN, KILLIN, KELLING 

James, married, Charleston, Mass., 
1679. 

KELLOGG 

From Cornish British chelioc or kulliag, 
a cock, coileach in Gaelic and ceiliog in 
Welsh, the C having the sound of K. 
Other authorities claim the name is 
from two Gaelic words meaning lake 
and cemetery. The name dates back in 
England to the sixteenth century, the 
earliest records of the family being 
found in Debden, county of Essex, 
when Nicholas Kellogg was b. in 1488; 
taxed in 1525. 

Daniel, son of Martin K., bapt. 1630, at 
Great Leighs, Eng.; an early settler of 
Norwalk, Conn., 1655. 

Joseph, weaver, son of Martin K., fifth 
generation from Nicholas K., bapt. at 
Great Lehigh, Eng., 1626. Freeman at 
Farmington, Conn., 1654; removed to 
Boston, Mass., 1655, thence 1659 to Rox- 
bury, Mass., and in 1661 to Hudley, 
Mass.; had the title of lieutenant. 
Nathaniel, settled at Hartford, Conn., 
1640; living at Farmington, Conn., 1653, 
where he died. 

KELLOND 

Thomas, merchant, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1661. 

Thomas, residing at Boston, Mass., 
1687. 

KELLY, KELLEY 

The words kill or cille in Gaelic and 
Celtic denotes a church. In Welsh sig¬ 
nification is a grove generally of hazel. 
The ancient parish of Kelly in Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., may have taken its name 
from the family or vice versa. It has 
been the memorial seat of the family 
from the time of Henry II, and was 
originally spelt Kelleigh. In Scotland 
the orthography was slightly changed, 
the earldom of Kellie deriving its name 
from a district in Fife anciently called 
Kellieshire. In Ireland the name of 
Kelly, O’Kelley, is derived from the 
Gaelic word ceallach, meaning strife of 
war. It is claimed by Irish antiquarians 
that the pedigree of the family can be 
traced backward through sixty-five gen¬ 


erations to one Milesuis of Spain. 

Abel, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1641. 
Benjamin, freeman of Mass., 1669. 
David, resident of Boston, Mass., before 

1653. 

Edward, came to Boston, Mass., 1635. 
John, came from Newbury, County 
Berks, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1635. 
Reginald, took oath of fidelity at Pem- 
aquid, Maine, 1674. 

Roger, resident of the Isle of Shoals, 
N. H., 1668. 

KELSEY 

A town in Lincolnshire, Eng.; Kelsey 
in Cornish British signifies the dry 
neck from kel, a neck, and syck, dry. 
Family of Scotch ancestry. 

William, b. Eng., came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1632, removed to Hartford, 
Conn., thence in 1663 to Killingworth, 
Conn. 

KELTON 

Thomas, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1661. 

KEMP, KEMPE 

In old English, a soldier, one engaged 
in single combat. The name is derived 
from the Saxon word to kemp or com¬ 
bat, at the present time a foot-ball match 
in Norfolkshire is called camping or 
kemping, also in some parts of Scotland 
the striving of reapers in the harvest- 
field is called kemping. 

Edward, blacksmith, settled at Dedham, 
Mass., before 1638, removed to Wren- 
tham, Mass., 1651, afterwards at 
Chelmsford, Mass., 1655. 

KEMPSTER 

From the Dutch kemper, to fight or 
kamper, a champion. 

Daniel, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1647. 

KEMPTHORNE 

Daniel, resident of Cambridge, Mass., 
before 1653. 

KEMPTON 

The camp town; place of the army. 
Ephraim, came to Plymouth colony, 
1627, able to bear arms at Scituate, 
Mass., 1643, died 1645. 

Manasseh, brother of the preceding, 
one of the “old comers,” came to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1623, one of the first pur¬ 
chasers of Dartmouth, Mass.; died 1663. 

KEN 

Robert, among early settlers of Read¬ 
ing, Mass. 

KENDALL 

The name derived from the town of 
Kendal in Westmoreland, Eng., and 
was so called from the river Ken, on 


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which it is situated, and dale: the dale 
on the river Ken. John Kendall, sheriff 
of Nottingham was killed in 1485 at the 
battle of Bosworth. 

Francis, son of John K., b. England, 
about 1620, came to Charlestown, Mass., 
1640; taxed at Woburn, Mass., 1645. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, 
known as Deacon Thomas, came to 
Lynn, Mass.; freeman in 1648; remov¬ 
ed to Reading, Mass., 1652. 
KENDRICK, KENRICK 

From the Saxon kennen, to know, and 
ric, rich, rich in knowledge. The name 
also derived by other authorities from 
cene, bold, and rick, a kingdom, a vali¬ 
ant ruler. 

Caleb, resident of Boston, Mass., 1652. 
George, freeman at Scituate, Mass., 
1635, removed to Rehoboth, 1645. 

John, of Ipswich or Rowley, Mass., 
married 1657. 

Thomas, married at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1681. 

KENISON 

John, b. Eng., about 1640, at Dover, N. 
H., 1663. 

KENNARD 

From Gaelic ceannard, a chief, chieftain, 
a leader, a commander-in-chief, from 
ceann, head, chief, and ard, high, lofty. 
Edward, came from Kent, Eng., about 
1660, settled at Portsmouth, N. H. 
John, married at Haddam, Conn., 1674. 
KENNEDY, CANNADY 

From the Gaelic or Celtic words kean- 
na-ty; the head of the house or chief 
of the clan. Ceannaide signifies also a 
shopkeeper, a merchant. 

Alexander, resident of Plymouth, 
Mass., 1678. 

Daniel, settled at Salem, Mass., 1681. 
KENNICUT, KINNICUTT 

Roger, married at Malden, Mass., 1661. 
afterwards in 1677 at Swansey, now 
Barrington, Mass. 

KENNISTON, KINISTON 

Allen, was at Salem, Mass., 1638; died 
1648. 

William, resident of Dover, N. H., 
1646-71. 

KENNY, KENNEY, KINNEY 

Andrew, at Malden, Mass., 1690. 
Henry, b. 1624, was first at Roxbury, 
Mass.; a resident of Salem, Mass., 1653. 
John, died at Salem, Mass., 1670. 
Richard, settler of New Hampshire, 
1680. 


Thomas, resident of Gloucester, Mass., 
1664. 

KENT 

The name from the County of Kent, 
England. The word is derived from 
canton, a corner. England on the north¬ 
east stretches itself into a corner. Cant 
in Welsh signifies round, circular. 
James, freeman at Newbury, Mass., 
1669, settled there as early as 1634. 
John, was at Dedham, Mass., 1645, re¬ 
moved to Charlestown, Mass. 

Joseph, brother of preceding, came to 
Dedham, Mass., 1645, afterwards resid¬ 
ed at Taunton, Mass. 

Joshua, brother of preceding, was at 
Dedham, Mass., 1643; returned to Eng¬ 
land following year; came again to 
Dedham in 1645, bringing his brother 
Joseph. He afterwards resided at 
Block Island, R. I., and Swansea, Mass. 
Oliver, at Dover, N. H., 1648, died 1670. 
Richard, brother of James, settled at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1634; removed to New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1635. 

Stephen, brother of preceding, freeman 
at Newbury, Mass., 1639; removed to 
Haverhill, Mass., thence to Woodbridge, 

N. J. 

Thomas, settled at Gloucester, Mass., 
1643; afterwards at Suffield, Conn.; 
died 1658. 

William, married at Boston, Mass., 
1662. 

KENYON 

From the Welsh ceinion, beautiful; 
cyndyn stubborn; concenn or kynan, 
strong head, powerful, a leader. 

John, b. Eng., 1605, settled at New 
Shoreman (Block Island) R. I. 
KERLEY, CARSLEY 

William, at Hingham, Mass., 1637, at 
Sudbury, Mass., 1641; removed to Lan¬ 
caster, Mass.; made freeman 1647. 
KESKEYS 

Henry, resident of Boston, Mass., 1656. 
KETCHAM 

Edward, at Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 
KETTLE 

From the parish of Kettle, in Fifeshire, 
Scotland. 

John, a resident of Gloucester, Mass., 
before 1658. 

Richard, butcher, freeman, at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1635. 

Robert, brother of John, at Gloucester, 
Mass., 1653. 


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KEY, KEYS, KEYES 

The name is from the old Roman word 
keyus, signifying warden or keeper. 
John, settled before 1657 at Dover, N. 
H., afterwards removed to Berwick, 
Maine; killed by Indians, 1690. 

Robert, settled at Watertown, Mass., 
1633 >' removed to Newbury, Mass,, 
1643, and to Sudbury, Mass., 1645. 
Solomon, married at Newbury, Mass., 

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KEYSER 

From the German, an emperor. 

George, tanner, freeman, Lynn, Mass., 
1639; removed to Salem, Mass. 
Thomas, merchant and shipmaster, 
brother of preceding, at Lynn, Mass., 
1638; engaged in the slave trade. 
KIBBY, KIBBE, KIBBEE 

Arthur, fisherman or mariner, at 
Salem, Mass., where he married 1659. 
Edward, sawyer, born Exeter, Eng., 
1611; settled at Muddy river, Boston, 
Mass., 1639; died 1661. 

Henry, tailor, freeman, Dorchester, 
Mass., 1642. 

Joseph, married Salem, Mass. 

William, resident of Hull, Mass., 1642. 
KIDBY 

John, resident of Duxbury, Mass., 
1640. 

Lewis, fisherman at Boston, Mass., 1640. 
KID, KIDD 

“A young goat,” also kid, from the 
Saxon cythan, to show, discover or 
make known! 

James, took oath of allegiance at Dover, 

N. H., 1657. 

KIDDER 

“A dealer in corn, provisions and mer¬ 
chandise ; a traveling merchant.” 
James, son of James K., born East 
Gunstead, County Sussex, Eng., 1626; 
settled at Cambridge, Mass., 1649. 
Stephen, an employee of Mason; at 
Berwick, Maine, 1633. 

Thaddeus, a resident of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1674'. 

KILBOURN, KILBORNE 

The name derived from the village of 
Kilburne, County Middlesex, Eng., fa¬ 
mous for its fine well of mineral water. 
Kit from the Dutch; kilde, Danish, a 
channel or bed of river, and hence a 
stream; bourn* a fountain, a spring 
well. 

George, son of Thomas K., bapt. Wood 
Ditton, County Cambridge, Eng., 1612; 
removed to Roxbury, Mass., 1640. 


Thomas, b. Wood Ditton, County Cam¬ 
bridge, Eng., bapt. 1578; came to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635; afterwards settled 
Wethersfield, Conn., where he died 1639. 
KILBY 

Christopher, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1694. 

Edward, married at Boston, Mass., 1662. 
John, brother of Christopher, resident 
of Boston, Mass., 1686. 

KILCUP 

William, sieve-maker, resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1649, few years later at 
Charlestown, Mass. 

KILHAM, KILLIAM, KELHAM 

Austin or Augustine, granted land at 
Salem, Mass., 1637, afterwards at Ded¬ 
ham, Mass.; freeman at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1642; member of church, Wen- 
ham, Mass., 1655, when he removed to 
Chelmsford, Mass. 

Daniel, resided at Wenham, Mass.; 
member of Artillery Company, 1645. 
KILTON 

Robert, came from England to N. E. 
before 1690 and settled at Providence, 
R. I. 

KIMBALL, KEMBALL 

Ebenezer, at Rowley, Mass., 1691. 
Ephraim, freeman at Wenham, Mass., 
1690. 

Henry, b. Eng., 1590, came to Water- 
town, Mass., 1634. 

Henry, married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1656. 

John, married at Newbury, Mass., 1665. 
John, took oath of fidelity, Amesbury, 
Mass., 1690. 

Richard, wheelwright, brother first 
Henry, bapt. parish of Rattlesden, 
County Suffolk, Eng., 1595; settled at 
Watertown, Mass., 1634, removed to 
Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 

Thomas, merchant, was at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1653. 

KIMBERLEY, KIMBERLY 

The name is from the Dutch word 
hamper, a champion, a fighting man, 
or it may apply to the qualities of a 
person, a place of a camp or battle, that 
is Camper-ley; camberley, indicates a 
place among the hills in a narrow val¬ 
ley, from cum, a vale, a dell. 

Thomas, settled at Dorchester, Mast., 
1635, and removed to New Haven, 
Conn., 1638-39, afterwards about 1659 
became a resident of Stratford, Conn., 
where he died 1673. 

KIME 

William, at Dover, N. H., 1668-71. 


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KIMWRIGHT 

George, married at Dorchester, Mass., 
1653; removed to Cambridge, Mass., 
1664. 

KINCADE, KINCAID 

From the Gaelic word ceann, head, and 
cath or cad, battle—the head or front 
of the battle. 

Daniel, came from Scotland to New 
Hampshire, 1689. 

KIND 

Arthur, a resident of Boston, Mass., 

1646. 

KING 

The primary sense is a head or leader, 
Gaelic, ceann; Welsh, cun, a head, a 
leader. Saxon cyng, and nearly the 
same in all Teutonic dialects. The King 
family was seated in the vicinity of 
Ugborough, England, as early as 1389. 
Alexander, was at Wickford, R. L, 
1674. 

Clement, a resident of Malden, Mass., 
1668, later removed to R. I. 

Daniel, merchant, was at Lynn, Mass., 

1647. 

Hezekiah, was living at Weymouth, 
Mass., 1679. 

James, cooper, son of William K., and 
of the fifth generation from Thomas 
Kynge, 1538, was born at Ugborough, 
Eng., 1647, and came to Ipswich, Mass., 
before 1674, and removed to Suffield, 
Conn., where he was an original pro- 
prieter in 1675. 

John, living in Hartford, Conn., 1645; 
removed to Northampton, Mass. 

John, born in Eng., 1600, settled in 
Weymouth, Mass., before 1655. 

Mark, a resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1658. 

Peter, a deacon and representative to 
the legislature, settled at Sudbury, 
Mass., 1654. 

Philip, came from England to Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1672. 

Ralph, married and resided at Lynn, 
Mass., 1648. 

Richard, settled as early as 1635 at Sa¬ 
lem, Mass. 

Samuel, a resident of Plymouth, Mass., 

1643. 

Samuel, was at Weymouth, Mass., in 
1659. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1615, came to N. E., 
1634; was at Watertown, Mass., 1640. 
Thomas, b. Shaston, Dorsetshire, Eng., 
1600; settled at Sudbury, Mass., 1642. 
Thomas, known as Elder Thomas, son 


of George K., of Cold Norton, County 
Essex, Eng., b. 1604; settled at Scit- 
uate, Mass., 1635. 

William, b. Eng., 1608, settled at Salem, 
Mass., 1635. 

William, died at Isle of Shoals, 1664. 
William, resident of Boston, Mass., 
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KINGMAN 

Henry, of Welsh descent, was freeman 
at Weymouth, Mass., 1636. 

KINGSBURY 

In 1300, Gilbert de Kingsbury was a 
churchman of Kingsbury, Warwick¬ 
shire, Eng. The English records men¬ 
tion in 1539 the death of John Kynges- 
bury of Great Cornaid, Suffolkshire. 
Henry, of the sixth generation from 
John Kyngesbury, came from Assing- 
ton, County Suffolk, England, in Win- 
throp’s fleet. He was one of the found¬ 
ers of Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 

John, freeman at Watertown, 1636; re¬ 
moved that year to Dedham, Mass. 
John, brother of preceding, came to N. 
E. in Winthrop’s fleet and was a resi¬ 
dent of Dedham, Mass., 1637. 

Joseph, brother of Henry and John, 
came to N. E. at same time and became 
identified with Dedham, Mass., 1637. 
KINGSLEY, KINSLEY 

The name is from the Gaelic word 
ceannsallach, authoritative, command¬ 
ing, ruling. There is an ancient Irish 
story that Eochardh, a monarch, was 
defeated by Ena, King of Leinster, at 
the battle of Cruachan. In this en¬ 
gagement Ena killed Cetmathch, lau¬ 
reate bard to the monarch, although he 
fled for refuge under the shields of the 
Leinster troops. For this base deed 
the ruthless king was stigmatized with 
the epithet kinsealach —that is, the foul 
and reproachful head, which name de¬ 
scended to his posterity. 

John, came from Hampshire, Eng., to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1635; removed to 
Rehoboth, Mass., 1648. 

John, married at Milton, Mass., before 
1676. 

Samuel, freeman at Billerica, Mass., 
1651. 

Stephen, settled first at Braintree, 
Mass., where he was a freeman, 1640; 
removed to Dorchester, Mass., finally 
to Milton, Mass. 

KINGSNORTH, KINGSWORTH 

Henry, signed the covenant for settle 
ment at Guilford, Conn., 1639. 


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KINSMAN 

Robert, came from England to Boston, 
Mass., 1634, granted land at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1637. 

KIRBY 

The surname of Danish origin; the 
first Baron of Kirby was Ivo. Taille- 
bois, who came to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conquerer.. The name of sev¬ 
eral small towns in England, so called 
from kirk, a church, and by, a village 
or town. 

John, bapt. at Rowington, Warwick¬ 
shire, Eng., 1624, came at age of twelve 
to Plymouth, Mass.; became a resident 
of Hartford, Conn., 1645, settled at 
Cromwell, Conn., 1654. 

Richard, brother of preceding, came 
from England 1636; settled at Lynn, 
Mass.; removed 1637 to Sandwich, 
Mass., afterwards to Dartmouth, Mass.; 
he was a Quaker. 

William, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1642; he was the executioner there in 

1657-58. 

KIRK 

From the Teutonic word kirche and 
Gaelic cearcall, a circle. The primitive 
places of worship among the Celts. 
They were round, a symbol of eternity, 
and the existence of the Supreme Being, 
without beginning or end. 

Henry, resident at Dover, N. H., 1665. 
Zechariah, living at Boston, Mass., 
1686. 

KIRKHAM, KIRKMAN 

The family seated in the reign of 
Henry III at Ashcombe under Haldon 
Hill, afterwards at Blagdon, Eng. The 
surname is from kirk, a church, and 
ham, a village. Kirkham is a small town 
in England. 

Thomas, was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1648. 

KIRMAN 

John, a freeman at Lynn, Mass., 1633. 
KIRTLAND, KIRKLAND 

A corruption of Kirkland, that is, the 
church land. 

Nathaniel, b. Eng., 1616, came from 
Sherington near Olney, County Bucks, 
Eng., to Lynn, Mass., 1635. 

Philip, shoemaker, brother of preced¬ 
ing; settler at Lynn, Mass., 1635. 

XISKEYES, KESKEYS 

From the Cornish British, blessed, 
happy, to bless. 

Henry, married Boston, Mass., 1656. 

KITCHELL _ , „ 

Robert, was at Guilford, Conn., 1039; 


the following year removed to New 
Jersey. 

KITCHEN 

John, shoemaker, freeman Salem, 
Mass., 1643. 

KITCHERELL, KECHERELL 

Joseph, was at Charlestown, Mass., 

1636. 

Samuel, resident of Hartford, Conn., 
before 1646. 

Kittredge, seaman, granted land at Bil¬ 
lerica, Mass., 1660. 

KNAPP 

From the German word knappe, a lad, 
boy, servant, workman; a squire. The 
family originated in the province of 
Saxony, Germany. The English lineage 
traced to Roher Knapp, of County Sus¬ 
sex, England, 1540. 

Aaron, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1638; 
in 1643 removed to Taunton, Mass. 
Nicholas, b. Eng., came in 1630 to N. 
E.; settled at Watertown, Mass.; re¬ 
moved 1646 to Stamford, Conn. 

Roger, was at New Haven, Conn., 1643. 
William, carpenter, b. Eng., 1578, was 
at Watertown, 1630. 

KNEELAND 

Edward, b. Scotland about 1580, arrived 
in N. E., 1630. 

John, b. Eng., 1632, one of the foun¬ 
ders of the Scots’ Charitable Society 
in Boston, 1657. 

Philip, resident of Lynn, Mass., 1637. 
KNELL KNEALE 

Nicholas, was at 'Stratford, Conn., 
1650. 

KNIGHT 

A term originally applied to a young 
man after he was admitted the priv¬ 
ilege of bearing arms by a ceremony 
called knighting, generally conferred by 
the King. 

Alexander, came from Chelmsford, 
Eng,, to Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 

Ezekiel, granted land at Salem, Mass., 

1637, afterwards at Wells, Maine, and 
Braintree, Mass. 

Francis, was at Pemaquid, Maine, 1648. 
George, came from Barrow near Bury 
St. Edmunds, County Suffolk, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

George, died at Scarborough, Maine, 
1671. 

George, resident of Hartford, Conn., 
1671. 

John, tailor, from Romsey, County 
Hants, Eng.; came to Newbury, Mass., 

1635- 


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John, maltster, was at Watertown, 
Mass., 1636; an original proprietor at 
Sudbury, Mass., 1642; removed Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., 1653. 

John, resident of Lynn, Mass., before 
1657. 

John, freeman at Northampton, Mass., 
1676. 

Jonathan, resident of Salem, Mass., 
1670. 

Joseph, freeman -at Woburn, Mass., 
1652. 

Mautlyn, or Macklin, resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1643. 

Michael, married at Woburn, Mass., 
1657 - 

Rich ard, slater, settled at Weymouth, 
Mass., 1637; recorded as an inhabi¬ 
tant of Boston, Mass., 1642. 

Richard, merchant, was at Hampton, 
N. H.; at Portsmouth, N. H., 1643, 
also at Dover, N. H., 1659, and before 
1668 at Boston, Mass. 

Richard, a resident of Boston, 1652. 
Richard, carpenter, settled at Newport, 
R. I., 1648. 

Richard, bricklayer, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1673. 

Robert, was at Hampton, N. H., 1640; 
removed to Boston, Mass. 

Robert, resident of Kittery, Maine, re¬ 
moved to York, Maine. 

Roger, sent over by Mason, 1631, locat¬ 
ing at Portsmouth, N. H. 

Samuel, married at Roxbury, Mass., 
1685. 

Toby, resident of Newport, R. I., 1638. 
Walter, b. Eng., 1587, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1626; living at Duxbury, Mass., 
1638. 

William, mason, granted land at Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

William, granted land at New Mead¬ 
ows, now Topsfield, Mass., 1638. 
KNOTT 

George, came from Lynn, Mass., to 
Sandwich, Mass., 1637. 

Richard, surgeon, resident of Marble¬ 
head, Mass., 1678. 

KNOWER 

George, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
1631. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, was at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1631. 

KNOWLES, KNOLL 

“The top of a hill.” Knowl in Cornish 
British is a promontary, hill or eminence, 
a projection of a hilly country. 


Alexander, freeman of Mass., 1636; 
removed to Fairfield, Conn. 

Henry, b. Eng., 1609, freeman of Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1655, having located there 
1644; also resided at Warwick, R. I. 
John, second minister of Watertown, 
Mass., b. Lincolnshire, Eng., came to N. 
E., 1638, settled as pastor at Water- 
town, Mass., 1640, returned to England, 
1651. 

John, mariner, settled at Hampton, N. 
H., before 1660. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1638, settled at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., removed to Hampton, N. 
H., where he died 1682. 

Richard, was at Plymouth, Mass., as 
early as 1639; removed to Eastham, 
Mass., 1653. 

Thomas, resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1645. 

KNOWLTON 

John, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 
Jonathan, was at Malden, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1688. 

Nathaniel, freeman of Ipswich, Mass., 
1683. 

Samuel, freeman at Wenham, Mass., 
1680. 

Thomas, brother of John, was at Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1648. 

William, known as Captain William, 
came from County Kent, Eng., in 1632, 
died on the voyage, leaving four sons, 
John, Samuel, Thomas and William.fc, )W 
KNOX 

From the Gaelic word cnoc, a little hill; 
figuratively a stout man. 

John, resident of Watertown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1686. 

LACOCK 

Lawrence, ship carpenter, was at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1644. 

LACY 

The name derived from a place in 
France by that name. Sire De Lacy came 
with William the Conqueror to Eng¬ 
land. The family afterwards settled in 
Ireland. 

Lawrence, resident of Andover, Mass., 
before 1683. 

Morgan, at Saco, Maine, 1660. 

LADD 

From the Welsh word lladd, to destroy. 
Daniel, son of Nathaniel L., came from 
Wiltshire, Eng., 1634, to N. E. He was 
one of the first townsmen in 1639 of 
Salisbury, Mass., but shortly afterwards 
became a permanent resident of Haver¬ 
hill, Mass. 


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LAHORNE 

Rowland, at Plymouth, Mass., 1636; in 
1649 was a resident of Charlestown, 

2^£ciss 

LAIGHTON, LEIGHTON 

The name is identified with Layton, an 
old English family seated at Leighton 
in Shropshire prior to the Conquest. The 
progenitor mentioned in the Domesday 
Book is Raenald, an avant of Leston or 
Leighton. Totitus De Leton is also 
mentioned in that work. 

John, resident of Ipswich, Mass., 1648; 
may have been a resident of Newport, 
R. I., ten years previous to this date. 
Thomas, freeman, of Lynn, Mass., 1630, 
representative 1646-61. 

Thomas, at Saco, Maine, 1645. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1604, settled at Dover, 
N. H., 1633, signed Dover Combination, 

1640. 

William, known as Captain William, 
b. Eng. about 1625; settled Kelleny, 
Maine, before 1650; killed by Indians 
near Swanzey, June 24, 1675. 

LAKE 

From Latin Lego, to send, a servant. 
Henry, currier at Salem, Mass., 1649; 
afterwards at Dorchester, Mass. 

John, tailor, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1644. 

Thqmas, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 

1641. 

, Thomas, merchant, brother of preced¬ 
ing, resident of New Haven, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1650. 

LAKEMAN 

William, representative from Isle of 
Shoals, 1692. 

LAKIN 

William, tradition states, either came 
from the parish of Ridlengton in the 
hundreds of Martinsley, County Rut¬ 
land, or a parish of the same name in 
the hundreds of Tunstead, County Nor¬ 
folk; he was a freeman of Groton, 
Mass., 1670; his grandsons John and 
William came with him to N. E. 

LAMB 

The name probably taken from the sign 
of a lamb at an inn; the Welsh llamer 
signifies to skip; the primitive Gaelic 
or Celtic lam denotes armor, as a dart, 
a blade, or sword; to lam, to disable, 
injure, maim, from which we have lame 
and limp. 

Edward, a resident of Watertown, 
Mass., 1633. 

John, was at New London, Conn., 1664* 
69. 


Samuel, freeman at Springfield, Mass., 
1690. 

Thomas, merchant, came to N. E., 
1630, settled at Roxbury, Mass. 
LAMBERT 

From the Saxon lamb and beorth, fair— 
fair lamb. 

Ezra, fisherman at Salem, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1689. 

Francis, freeman at Rowley, Mass., 
1640. 

Jesse, married at Milford, Mass., 1680. 
John, married at Saybrook, Conn., 1668. 
Michael, a resident of Lynn, Mass., 
1647. 

Robert, came from Dartmouth, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., one of the founders of Bap¬ 
tist church in Boston, Mass., 1665. 
LAMBERTON 

George, merchant, was at New Haven, 
Conn., 1641; a passenger on the “Phan¬ 
tom Ship” that left New Haven for 
England and was never heard of. 
LAMBSHEAD 

Thomas, resident of Marblehead, Mass., 
1666. 

LAMPREY 

Henry, cooper, b. Eng., 1616; was first 
at Boston, Mass.; located about 1660 
at Hampton, N. H. 

LAMSON 

Barnabas, was at Cambridge, Mass., 
1635, died before 1642. 

Samuel, among the early settlers of 
Reading, Mass.; a freeman 1677. 
Thomas, died at New Haven, Conn., 
1664. 

William, came from Durham, Eng., in 
Winthorp’s fleet, freeman at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1637, his name often spelt with 
a “b.” or “p.” 

LANCASTER 

Local name, a town and county of Eng¬ 
land, the castle or city on the Loyne 
or Lan river. 

Henry, b. Eng., 1610, was at Dover, N. 
H., 1634. 

Joseph, at Salisbury, Mass., before 
1666. 

LAND 

Edward, at Duxbury, Mass., 1666. 
LANDER 

From the Welsh word llandir, glebe 
lands belonging to a parish or church, 
or land containing mineral ore. 

John, fisherman, at Portsmouth, N. H., 
or Kittery, Maine, 1639. 


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Thomas, b. Eng., 1613, located at Lynn, 
Mass., 1635, removed to Sandwich, 
Mass., 1637. 

William, died at Marshfield, Mas3. f 
1648. 

LANDFEAR, LAMPHEAR 

From the Gaelic word lann-feur, grass 
land; lann-fear, a pike-man; lann an 
inclosure; a house, a church; land, a 
sword; feur, grass; fear, a man. 
George, a resident of Westerly, R. I., 
1669. 

LANDON 

From the Cornish British lan, an inclos¬ 
ure, and dun, a hill or town; Landon, a 
town in Belgium. 

James, member of first Baptist church 
in Boston, of Charlestown, Mass., 1670. 
LANE 

From Old Gaelic, llane a plain, barren, 
sandy, level lands. Lane, a narrow way 
between hedges, a narrow street, an 
alley. 

Ambrose, shipmaster, was at Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H. 

Daniel, was at New London, Conn., 
1652, one of the grantees of Brook- 
haven, Long Island, 1666. 

Edward, merchant, b. Eng., 1620, arrived 
at Boston, Mass., 1656. 

Isaac, married at Middletown, Conn., 
1669. 

James, brother of Edward, carpenter, 
son of James T. of Portsmouth, Eng., 
came to N. E., 1656; settled at Malden, 
Mass., afterwards at Casco Bay, Maine. 
Job, brother of preceding, b. Lancashire, 
Eng., 1620; was at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1644; freeman at Malden, Mass., 1656. 
John, resident of Milford, Mass., 1640. 
John, cordwainer, at Boston, Mass., 
1674. 

Robert, came from Derbyshire, Eng¬ 
land, settled at Killingworth, Conn., in 
1665 at Stratford, Conn. 

Samson, came from Teignmouth, 
Devonshire, England; sent by Mason in 
1631 to Portsmouth, N. H.; probably 
returned to England. 

William, came from Yorkshire, Eng., 
1635, locating at Dorchester, Mass., af¬ 
terwards at Hartford, Conn. 

William, cordwainer, resident of Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1650. 

LANESON 

Jacob, at Weymouth, Mass., before 
1680. 

LANG 

John, resident of Portsmouth, N. H., 

1695- 


LANGBURY 

Gregory, took oath of fidelity at Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

LANGDON 

David, at Boston, Mass., before 1685. 
George, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1636, re¬ 
moved to Springfield, Mass.; finally to 
Northampton, Mass. 

John, sailmaker, at Boston, Mass., 1649. 
John, joined church at Farmington, 
Conn., 1653. 

John, resident of Boston, Mass., before 
1686. 

Philip, mariner, brother of John of 
Farmington; came to Boston, Mass., 

1675- 

Tobias, settled at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1664. 

LANGER 

Henry, at Boston, Mass., 1645. 
Richard, resident of Hingham, Mass., 
1636. 

LANGFORD, LANCKFORD 

John, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1645. 
Richard, at Plymouth, Mass., 1632. 
LANGHORNE, LONGHORNE 

Richard, at Rowley, Mass., 1649. 
Thomas, resident of Cambridge, Mass., 
1644. 

LANGLEY, LONGLEY 

From early Anglo-Saxon lang, leak, 
meaning an extended meadow, pasture, 
or grassy field. The seat of the family 
was at Langley in the parish of Middle- 
ton, and at Agecroft in Lancashire. 
Abel, at Rowley, Mass., 1651. 

Daniel, mariner, resident of Boston, 
1689. 

John, married at Hingham, Mass., 
1666. 

Richard, settled at Lynn, Mass., 1635. 
William, son of John L. of Frisby, 
Lincolnshire, Eng., b. 1614, freeman at 
Lynn, Mass., 1639, removed to Groton, 
Mass., 1659. 

LANGMEAD, LANGMAID 

Richard, mariner, died at Boston, 
Mass., 1660. 

William, living in New Hampshire be¬ 
fore 1675. 

LANGSTAFF 

Henry, sent by Mason to Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1631. 

LANGTON, LANCKTON, LANKTON 

Local name; the long hill or town, so 
called from its oblong form. 

George, at Springfield, Mass., 1646. 
Roger, freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 


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LANGWORTH 

Andrew, at Newport, R. I., 1656. 
LAPHAM 

John, married at Malden, Mass., 1671. 
John, b. Eng., 1635, married at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1673. 

Thomas, a resident of Scituate, Mass., 

1635- 

LAPTHORNE 

Stephen, at Scarborough, Maine, 1640. 
LARCOM 

Cornelius, b. Eng., 1653, settled at Bev¬ 
erly, Mass., 1681. 

LARGE 

John, married at Saybrook, Conn., 1659, 
at Branford, Conn., 1672. 

William, at Hingham, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved to Cape Cod. 

LARGIN 

Henry, resident of Boston, Mass., 1646; 
no male issue. 

LARKHAN, 

Mordecai, at Beverly, Mass., 1681. 
Thomas, at Dover, N. H., 1640; return¬ 
ed to England 1642. 

LARKIN, LARKINS 

From lark, a sweet, shrill musical bird, 
and kin, a child. Learcean or leargan, 
a sloping green, side of a hill near the 
sea; from Gaelic lear, the sea. 

Edward, living at Charlestown, Mass., 
1638. 

Edward, in list of freeman at Newport, 
R. I., 1655; removed to Westerly, R. 
I., 1669. 

John, brother of first Edward; at 
Charlestown, Mass., before 1643. 
LARRABEE, LARABEE 

Greenfield, at Saybrook, Conn., before 
1648. 

Isaac, at Falmouth, Maine, 1680, re¬ 
moved to Lynn, Mass. 

Stephen, b. France, 1630, settled in 
Malden, Mass., 1655; removed to North 
Yarmouth, Maine. 

William, married at Malden, Mass., 

1655. 

LARY 

Cornelius, took oath of fidelity at Exe¬ 
ter, N. H., 1677. 

LASELL 

John, settled at Hingham, Mass., be¬ 
fore, 1647. 

LASKIN 

Hugh, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1639. 
LATHAM 

The earliest known English ancestor, 
Sir Oskateel, Latham of Artbury, Eng., 
in the reign of Edward I. 


Cary, at Cambridge, Mass., before 1639, 
removed to New London, Conn. 

Robert, brother of preceding, was at 
Cambridge, Mass.; removed to Marsh¬ 
field, Mass., 1643, and in 1649 to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass. 

William, came as a youth and servant 
to Governor Carver, in the Mayflower. 
He was at Duxbury, Mass., 1637-39; at 
Marshfield, Mass., 1643-48, when he re¬ 
turned to England, thence to the Ba¬ 
hamas, where he died of starvation. 
LATHROP, LOTHROP 

A place name, derived from the parish 
of Lowthrope, in the East Riding of 
Yorkshire, England. Thorp means vil¬ 
lage, the word literally being a low vil¬ 
lage. Walter de Lowthrope was high 
sheriff of Yorkshire, 1216. 

John, b. Elton, Yorkshire, Eng., 1584,. 
the first minister of Scituate; embark¬ 
ed from England to Boston, 1634; the 
following year in charge of church at 
Scituate; removed to Barnstable with 
large portion of his flock, 1639. 

Mark, brother of preceding, bapt. ED 
ton, Eng., 1597, was at Salem, Mass., 
removed to Duxbury, Mass., 1643, and 
to Bridgewater, Mass., 1656. 

Thomas, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1634; 
captain of “the Flower of Essex” who 
at the battle of Bloody Brook lost not 
only their captain but nearly all of 
their rank and file. He left no issue. 
LATTIMORE, LATIMER 

This name was first given to Wrenoc 
ap Merrick, a learned Welshman, in¬ 
terpreter, which the name signifies be¬ 
tween the Welsh and English. The 
name of his office descended to his 
posterity. 

Christopher, a resident of Marblehead, 
Mass., 1648. 

John, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1646. 
Robert, mariner, at Boston, Mass., and 
came to New London, Conn., before 
1664. 

LATTING, LETTEN, LETTIN 

Richard, at Concord, Mass., before 
1641; removed to Fairfield, Conn., 
thence to Huntington, Long Island. 

LAUGHTON 

Thomas, at Boston, Mass., 1660. 

LAW 

In Scotch the name signifies a hill; 
laye in old French, a hill. 

Andrew, living at Hingham, Mass., 
1654. 

John, b. Eng., about 1635, settled at 
Concord, Mass., 1656. 


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Richard, first at Watertown, Mass., at 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1638, removed to 
Stamford, Conn. 

William, at Rowley, Mass., 1643. 
LAWES 

Francis, weaver, b. Norwich, Eng., ar¬ 
rived at Boston, Mass., 1637. 
LAWRENCE 

The name from Lawrus, the laurel- 
tree. The English ancestry is traced to 
Sir Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall, 
Lancashire, England, who accompanied 
Richard I to the Holy Land, 1191. 
David, was in New Hampshire, 1683. 
George, married at Watertown, Mass., 
v 1657 - 

Henry, settled at Charlestown, Mass., 
1638. 

John, bapt. at Wisset, County Suffolk, 
Eng., 1609, freeman at Watertown, 
Mass., 1637, removed to Groton, Mass., 
1668. 

John, at Ipswich, Mass., 1634; one of 
the patentees of Hempstead, L. I., 1644, 
and lived there in 1655; removed to 
New York after it became an English 
province, and was mayor of the city. 
John, living at Muddy River, now 
Brookline, Mass., before 1657. 

John, resident of Wrentham, Mass., 
1684. 

Nicholas, at Charlestown, Mass., 1648. 
Richard, at Branford, Conn., 1646; re¬ 
moved to Passaic, N. J., 1668. 

Robert, left England about 1664, settled 
at Sandwich, Mass; was at Falmouth, 
Maine, 1680. 

Thomas, married at Hingham, Mass., 
1638. 

Thomas, an original settler of Milford, 
Mass., 1639, died 1648. 

Thomas, at Stamford, Conn., 1670; 
was a brother of John, and became 
identified in his late years with politics 
of New York. 

William, living at Duxbury, Mass., 
1643 - 

William, brother of John and Thomas, 
came to N. E., 1635, at age of 12; lived 
first at Ipswich; his second wife mar¬ 
ried Sir Philip Carteret, Governor of 
New Jersey. 

LAWSON 

The son of Law, the familiar abbrevia¬ 
tion of Lawrence. 

Christoper, cooper, at Exeter, 1639; re¬ 
moved to Swan Island, in the Kenne- 
beck river, Maine. 

Deodate, minister, son of Rev. Thomas 


L. of Denton, County Norfolk, Eng., 
took oath of freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1680; called to preach at Salem vil¬ 
lage, now Danvers, Mass., 1683; was 
settled as third minister at Scituate, 
Mass., 1686; dismissed 1698 on account 
of being absent in England two years. 
James, took oath of fidelity at Dart¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1684. 

John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Roger, mariner, living at Boston, Mass., 
1690. 

LAWTON 

George, among the first settlers of 
Portsmouth, R. I., but admitted an in¬ 
habitant of the island of Aquidneck, 
1638. 

John, died at Suffield, Conn., 1690. 
LAY, LEY 

Edward, at Hartford, Conn., 1640, re¬ 
moved Saybrook, Conn., 1648. 

John, brother of preceding, was at Say- 
brook, Conn., 1648, but on the incorpor¬ 
ation of Lyme, Conn., in 1667, became a 
citizen of that town. 

Robert, first at Lynn, Mass., 1638; re¬ 
moved to Saybrook, Conn., 1647. 
William, resident of Boston, Mass., 
before 1690. 

LAZELL 

Henry, at Barnstable, Mass., 1637. 
LEACH 

The English lineage is traced to John 
Le Leche, a surgeon to Edward III. 
The term leach is an old synonym for a 
physician, and is derived from the Teu¬ 
tonic root meaning to heal. 

Giles, was at Weymouth, Mass., 1656; 
removed to Bridgewater, Mass., before 
1665. 

John, living at Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Lawrence, brother of preceding, b. 
Eng., 1589, located at Salem, Mass., 
1629. 

Richard, at Salem, Mass., 1639. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1652, married at New 
London, Conn., 1680. 

LEADBETTER 

A name of a trade, a worker in lead. 
Henry, married at Dorchester, Mass., 
1660. 

LEADER 

George, at Kittery, Maine, 1652. 

Richard, superintendent of iron works 
at Lynn, Mass., 1645; removed to Ber¬ 
wick, Maine, 1650, and 1654 was at 
Portsmouth, N. H. 

Thomas, resident of Dedham, Mass., 
1640; removed to Boston, Mass., 1647. 


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LEAGER, LEGARE, LEGER 

Jacob, tailor, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1641. 

LEAMAN 

Samuel, at Charlestown, Mass.; one 
of first settlers of Reading, Mass. 
LEAR, LEARE 

John, at Salem, Mass., 1658. 

Tobias, married at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1665. 

LEARNED, LAINED 

In the Gaelic lear the sea, and nead a 
sheltered place, hence a green shelter¬ 
ed place near the sea; or it may be a 
name given for scholarship—“John the 
Learned.” 

VWilliam, b. Eng., about 1590, was at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1632; afterwards 
at Woburn, Mass., where he died 1646, 
leaving an only son John. 

LEATHE 

Francis, shipowner, took oath of alleg¬ 
iance at Topsfield or Rowley, Mass. 
LEATHERS 

Edward, at Dover, N. H., 1665. 
LEAVENS 

William, settled at Roxbury, Mass., 
1634. 

LEAVENWORTH 

A local Welsh name, llyvngwerth, the 
smooth, level farm, castle or court, or 
the worth or place on the river Leven. 
Thomas, b Eng., came to New Haven, 
Conn., 1664, removed to Woodbury, 
Conn, where he died 1683. 

LEAVER 

Thomas, town clerk, at Rowley, Mass., 
1643. 

LEAVITT 

John, b. Eng., 1610, came from Dorset¬ 
shire, settled in Dorchester, Mass., 1630, 
removed to Hingham, Mass., 1635. • 

John, resided at Dover or Exeter, N. 

H., 1645. 

Thomas, settled at Exeter, N. H., 1639, 
removed to Hampton, N. H,, 1644. 

LE BARON 

Francis, surgeon, b. France, 1668, came 
to Plymouth, Mass., before 1695. 

LE BLONDE 

James, a Huguenot, married at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1689. 

LECHFORD 

Thomas, lawyer, came from London, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., but returned 
to England in 1640. 

LECK, LECKE, LEEKE 

Ambrose, at Wickford, R. L, 1674. 
LEE, LEA, LEY 

From lee, a river, a stream; from Welsh 


lli a stream, a pasture, meadow lands 
not plowed, a common, a sheltered place. 
Abraham, a man of some skill in nat¬ 
ural science; was at Dover, N. H., 1680; 
killed by Indians, 1689. 

Edward, at Hartford, Conn., 1650. 

Henry, came from Cheshire, Eng., to 
Manchester, Mass., 1650. 

John, farmer and soldier, b. Eng., 1598; 
settled at Ipswich, Mass., 1640. 

John, resident of Saco, Maine, 1645. 
John, b. County Essex, Eng., 1620; came 
to N. E. at age of 13; lived at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn.; joined Farmington 
(Conn.) settlers 1641. 

Robert, came from London, Eng.; was 
freeman at Plymouth, Mass., 1637. 
Samuel, freeman at Malden, Mass., 
1671, died 36 years of age, 1676. 

Thomas, brother of Henry and John, 
came to Ipswich, Mass., 1648, died 1682, « 
aged 82 years. 

Thomas, sailed for N. E., 1641, died on 
the voyage. His widow married Green¬ 
field Larrabee. The family settled at 
Saybrook, Conn., afterwards at Lyme, '< 
Conn. There was only one son, Lieu¬ 
tenant Thomas L. 

Walter, b. Eng., 1630, freeman, of 
Conn., 1654; removed to Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass., 1656; thence to Westfield, 
Mass., 1665. 

LEEDS 

John, mariner, b. Eng., 1641, came from 
Staplehoe, County Kent, Eng., to New 
London, Conn., 1674. 

John, at Watertown, Mass., about 1680. 
Richard, b. Eng., 1605, came to Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1637. 

John, living at Hingham, Mass., 1647. ? 
Thomas, married at Duxbury, Mass., 
1685, removed to Plympton, Mass., 
thence to Windham, Conn. 

LEEK 

Philip, took oath of fidelity at New 
Haven, Conn., 1644. 

LEES 

Hugh, at Saybrook, Conn., 1648. 

LEETE 

The present style of the name was 
adopted by Thomas Leete of Oakington, 
Eng., in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
William, governor of Conn., son of 
John L. and in fifth generation from 
Thomas L. mentioned above. Gov. 
Leete was born at Dodington, Hunt- 
ingshire, Eng., 1612-13; signed plan¬ 
tation covenant at Guilford, Conn., 
1639; in 1676 removed to Hartford, 
Conn. 


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LE FAVOR, FAVOR 

John, at Haverhill, Mass., 1641. 
Phillip, settled at Salisbury, Mass., 
about 1660. 

LEFFINGWELL 

Lawrence L. lived in County Essex, 
Eng., 1495. 

Michael, at Woburn, Mass., before 
1643. 

Thomas, son of Thomas L., known as 
Lieut. Thomas L.; bapt. White Colne, 
County Essex, England., 1624; settled 
at Saybrook, Conn., 1637; in 1659 re¬ 
moved to Norwich, Conn. 

LEGAREE 

Francis, a Huguenot, goldsmith; resi¬ 
dent of Boston, Mass., 1690. 

LEGAT, LEGGETT 

John, at Hampton, N. H., 1640. 
LEGGE, LEGG 

An old English surname which is trac¬ 
ed to Oswald de Lega de Easthall, who 
at the time of the Norman Conquest 
was living at High Legh, County Ches¬ 
ter, Eng. Fil Legg is found in the 
Hundred Rolls, a record antedating the 
use of surnames. 

John, b. Eng., 1612, came to N. E. in 
Winthrop’s fleet, locating at Salem, 
Mass.; admitted freeman at Marble¬ 
head, Mass., 1635. 

LEGROVE 

Nicholas, at Salem, Mass., 1668. 
LEIGH, LEGH 

A town in England, a pasture or mead¬ 
ow, the same as Ley or Lea. 

Joseph, resident of Ipswich, Mass., 1651. 
LELAND 

Laland an island in Denmark, the same 
as Leylande, the ancient manner of 
spelling the name, and denotes low¬ 
lands. In Welsh, Lie is a place, and lan a 
church; the latter may signify any kind 
of inclosure, as gwinlan, perlan, an 
orchard or word applied to gardens, 
houses, castles or towns. 

Hopestill, b. Yorkshire, Eng., about 
1580, settled at Weymouth, Mass., 1624; 
died at Medfield, Mass., 1655. 

LEMON, LEAMOND, LEMOND 

From the French, a corruption of Le 
Moin, the monk. 

Joseph, b. Eng., about 1662, came in his 
youth to Charlestown, Mass. 

Robert, at Salem, Mass., 1637. 
LENNOX, LENOX 

From County Lennox, Scotland. The 
original name was Leven-ach, the field 
on the Leven, which flows through the 
county, called in Latin Levinia. The 


river was so called from the Welsh 
word llyfor, which signifies a smooth, 
placid stream; Leven-ach for a while 
spelt and written Levenax, and finally 
Lennox. Arkil, a Saxon, a baron of 
Northumberbria, who took refuge from 
the vengeance of the Norman William 
under the protection of Malcolm Can- 
more, appears to have been the founder 
of the Lennox family. 

Ralph, resident of New Haven, Conn., 
before 1665. 

LENTHALL 

Robert, schoolmaster, came to Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1637, removed to New¬ 
port, R. I., 1638; admitted freeman 1640; 
returned to England 1642. 

LENTON 

Lawrence, at Ipswich, Mass., 1673. 
LEONARD 

The disposition of a lion; lion-hearted, 
from leon, a lion, and ard, Teutonic, 
nature, disposition. The English fam¬ 
ily is traced to John Leonard, b. 1479, 
lived at Knole, County Kent, England. 
Henry, ironmaster, at Lynn, Mass., 
about 1650. 

James, son of Thomas L. of Pontypool, 
Monmouthshire, Eng., and of seventh 
generation from John L. mentioned 
above, came to Providence, R. I., 1645; 
was afterwards at Lynn and Taunton, 
Mass. 

John, came from Bilston, Staffordshire, 
Eng; was a proprietor at Springfield, 
Mass., 1638. 

Philip, brother of Henry, was at 
Marshfield, Mass; left no male issue. 
Rice, resident of Rehoboth, Mass., 
1644. 

Solomon, b. Monmouthshire, Eng., 
about 1610; came from Leyden, Hol¬ 
land, to Plymouth, Mass., and was one 
of early settlers of Duxbury, Mass., 
removed to Bridgewater, Mass., 1645. 
LESTER, LEICESTER 

From Leicester, a borough town in Eng¬ 
land. The Saxon word Leagceaster 
from leag or ley, a field or common, and 
cester, a camp or city, from the Latin 
castru 7 n, a camp of the Roman legion. 
Andrew, an early settler of Gloucester, 
Mass., freeman 1643, removed to New 
London, Conn., 1651. 

LETTIS, LETTICE 

Thomas, was at Plymouth, Mass., 1638. 
Walter, a resident of Newport, R. I., 
1649. 

LEVENS, LEAVENS 
See Lenox. 

John, freeman at Roxbury, Mass.; 1634. 


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LEVERETT 

Thomas, came from Boston, Lincoln¬ 
shire, Eng., to Boston, Mass,, 1633; 
was ruling elder. 

LEVERICH, LOVERIDGE, LEVERIDGE 
Caleb, made freeman of Conn., 1664, lo¬ 
cated at Newtown, L. I. 

Ebeazer, brother of preceding, at New¬ 
town, L. I.; left no issue. 

Henry, tailor of Salisbury, Wiltshire, 
Eng., came to Boston, Mass., 1635. 
William, came to N. E. 1633; went 
from Salem, Mass., to Dover, N. H., 
thence in 1635 to Boston, Mass.; about 
1637 to Duxbury, Mass.; finally estab¬ 
lished at Sandwich, Mass., 1640, from 
there removed to L. I. 

LEVISTON 

John, came from Scotland before 1677, 
settling near North Billerica, Mass. 
LEWIS 

One of the ancient names of England; 
in the French Louis; Latin Ludovicus; 
Teutonic Ludzmg or Leodzmg; from 
Saxon leod, the people, and wic, a castle 
—the safeguard of the people. Lluaws, 
Welsh, signifies a multitude. Original 
seat of the family in County Kent, 
Eng. 

Benjamin, was at New Haven, Conn., 
in 1669; removed to Wallingford, 
Conn.; 1675-76 located at Stratford, 

Conn. 

Edmund, b. Eng., 1595, came from Ips¬ 
wich, Eng., settled at Watertown, 
Mass., 1634, removed to Lynn. 

Francis, a boatman, at Boston, Mass., 
1663. 

George, clothier, b. East Greenwich, 
Eng.; joined church at Scituate, Mass., 
1635, having been previous to this at 
Plymouth, Mass.; removed 1638 to 
Barnstable, Mass. 

John, at Charlestown, Mass., 1634; one 
of first settlers of Malden, Mass., 1635. 
John, brother of George, came from 
Tenterden, County Kent, Eng., to Scit¬ 
uate, Mass., 1635; removed to Boston, 
Mass. 

John, at New London, Conn., 1648. 
John, a freeman, at Lancaster, Mass., 
1665. 

John, butcher, living at Boston, Mass., 

1659- 

John, mariner, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1669. 

John, living at Westerly, R. I., 1661. 
John, settled at Roxbury, Mass., 1640. 
John, married at Hingham, Mass., 1682. 


Joseph, residing at Swansey, Mass., 
1672. 

Philip, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1665; 
1672 at Dover, N. H. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1607, came from Bris¬ 
tol, Eng. to Salem, Mass.; removed to 
Newbury, where he died, 1644. 

Thomas, at Saco, Maine, before 1630. 
Thomas, resident of Northampton, 
Mass., 1667. 

Walter, living in Wethersfield, Conn., 
1648. 

William, came to N. E., 1632, locating 
at Cambridge, Mass.; removed to Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1636, thence 1659 to Had¬ 
ley, Mass. 

William, freeman, at Roxbury, Mass., 
1642; removed to Lancaster, Mass., 

1653. 

LEY 

Henry, was at Boston, Mass., 1657. 
LIBBY, LIBBEY 

John, b. Eng. about 1602; came from 
Broadstairs, in the Isle of Thanet, 
County Kent, Eng., to N. E. between 
!630-35. He went to Maine and was 
granted land at Scarborough before 
1640. 

LIGHT 

Henry, was in New Hampshire, where 
he died, 1677. 

John, was at Salisbury, Mass.; removed 
to N. H., 1676. 

LIGHTFOOT 

Francis, freeman, at Lynn, Mass., 1636. 
John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1653. 
William, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
LILFORD, LILFORTH 

Francis, settled at Rowley, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, at Row- 
ley, Mass., 1643; removed to Haverhill, 
Mass., 1654. 

LILLIE, LILLY 

Llille in Welsh, the place by the river, 
or stream; from Hi a stream; lie a 
place; llu an army, a troop; llellu, the 
place of the army. In The Cornish- 
British Ihy is a troop, a company of 
horsemen, and le or li a place. 

Edward, cooper at Boston, Mass., 1670. 
George, b. Eng., 1638, settled at Read¬ 
ing, Mass., before 1659. 

John, at Concord, Mass., about 1660. 
John, a resident of Woburn, Mass., 
1690. 

Luke, at Marshfield, Mass., 1643. 
Samuel, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1686. 




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LINCOLN 

A place name from Lincoln, Eng.; 
shire-town of Lincolnshire. The name 
is derived from lin in the Gaelic, Welsh 
and Cornish-British, which signifies a 
pool, pond, or lake, and coin, the ridge 
or neck of land, so called from its sit¬ 
uation, as Lincoln occupies the top and 
side of a steep hill on the river Witham. 
The Anglo-Saxon word lin and the Ro¬ 
man word colonia meaning colony, 
makes Lincolonia, finally Lincolnshire. 
Daniel, b. Hingham, Eng., 1619, settled 
1644 at Hingham, Mass. 

Robert, laborer, at Boston, Mass., 1646. 
Samuel, weaver, b. Hingham, Eng., 
1619; came to Salem, Mass., 1637; af¬ 
terwards went to Hingham, Mass. 
Stephen, came in 1638 from Wymond- 
ham, Eng., to Hingham, Mass. 

Thomas, weaver, brother of preceding, 
b. Wymondham, County Norfolk, Eng., 
1603; was at Watertown and Charles¬ 
town, Mass., and 1636 settled at Hing¬ 
ham, Mass. 

Thomas, miller, b. Norfolkshire, Eng., 
1603; came to Hingham, Mass., 1635; 
removed to Taunton, Mass., 1652. 
Thomas, cooper, son of Thomas L., 
came to N. E. 1630; granted land at 
Hingham, Mass., 1636. 

Thomas, husbandman, brother of 
Stephen, came from Wymondham, Eng., 
to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

LINDALL, LYNDALL, LINDALE 

From lin, a brook or lake, and dai, dale. 
Henry, resident of New Haven, Conn., 
1646. 

James, proprietor of Bridgewater, 1645; 
at Duxbury, Mass., 1640. 

LINDON, LYNDON 

Augustine, mariner, at Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

LINDSAY, LINDSEY, LINSLEY 

A local surname first assumed by the 
proprietors of the lands and manor of 
Lindsay, in County Essex, Eng. The 
eastern part of Lincolnshire was orig¬ 
inally called Lindsey, from the place 
abounding with linden trees. 
Christopher, original planter at Lynn, 
Mass., 1630. 

John, was at Guilford, Conn., 1650; 
removed to Branford, Conn., before 
1667. „ " 

LINES 

Henry, son of John Lyne of Badly, 
County Northampton, Eng., settled at 
New Haven, Conn., 1642. 

John, fisherman, came from Dartmouth, 


Devonshire; died at Isle of Shoals, 

1675- 

Ralph, brother of Henry, settled at 
New Haven, Conn., 1642; was living 
at what is now Woodbridge, Conn, 
1689. 

LING 

Teutonic origin, the English word long, 
heath; also a species of long grass; 
a long, slender fish. 

Benjamin, was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1636; granted lands at New Haven, 
Conn., 1640. 

LINNELL, LYNNELL 

Robert, b. London, Eng., 1584; settled 
at Scituate, Mass., 1638; removed to 
Barnstable, Mass., 1639. 

LINTON 

From lin, a lake or pool, and ton, a 
town; a parish in Roxburgshire, Scot. 
Richard, at Medford, Mass., 1630; re¬ 
moved to Watertown, Mass., 1638; one 
of the first settlers of Lancaster, Mass., 
1643. 

LIPPET, LIPPIT 

John, a resident of Providence, R. I., 
1630; a signer for agreement for a form 
of government; freeman at Warwick, 

R. I., 1655. 

LIPPINCOTT 

From Lippe, a German principality and 
town on the river Lippe. Cote, side or 
coast. The Saxon word liban, and Ger¬ 
man word leben, to abide, to dwell, and 
cot, a cottage. 

Bartholomew, at Dover, N. H., 1658. 
Richard, a freeman, at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1640; removed to Boston, Mass , 
1644; in 1655 settled in New Jersey; a 
patentee of the charter at Salisbury, N. 
J„ 1669.' 

LISCOME, LYSCUM 

Humphrey, merchant, member of Bos¬ 
ton Artillery Co., 1678. 

John, resident of Lynn, Mass., before 
1693. 

Nicholas, at Marblehead, Mass., 1663. 
LITCHFIELD 

From the Saxon lich, a dead carcase, 
and field, because a great many suffer¬ 
ed martyrdom there in the time of 
Diocletian. The name of a bishop’s see 
in Staffordshire. 

Lawrence, was at Boston, Mass., 1640, 
afterwards at Scituate and Barnstable, 
Mass.; died at former place 1650. 
LITHERLAND, LYTHERLAND 

William,, came to N. E. in Winthrop’s 
fleet, became freeman 1634; removed to 
Newport, R. I., where he was town 
clerk. 


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Zebulon, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1670. 

LITTLE 

George, tailor, came to Newbury, Mass., 
1640. 

Richard, freeman at New Haven, 
Conn., 1670. 

Thomas, came from Devonshire, Eng., 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1630, removed to 
Marshfield, Mass., 1650. 

Thomas, married at Weymouth, Mass., 
1657; afterward at Cambridge, Mass. 
LITTLEFIELD 

Daniel, at Wells, Maine. 

Edmund, b. Titchfield near Southamp¬ 
ton, Eng., 1590; came to N. E., 1637; 
' following year was at Boston, Mass.; 
removed to Exeler, N. H., and 1645 to 
Wells, Maine. 

Francis, at Woburn, Mass., 1646. 
John, at Dedham, Mass., 1650, after¬ 
wards at Wrentham, Mass. 

Thomas, at Dover, N. H., 1648, after¬ 
wards at Wells, Maine, 1653. 
LITTLEHALE 

Richard, came to Ipswich, Mass., 1634; 
removed to Newbury and Haverhill, 
Mass. 

LIVEEN 

John, came from Barbadoes to New 
London, Conn., 1677. 

LIVERMORE 

From the Welsh lleufer, a light, and 
mawr, great—the great light. A name 
given to the first Christian King of 
Britain, hence called by the Romans 
Lucius, which has in Latin the same 
signification. 

John, potter, son of Peter L., bapt. Lit¬ 
tle Thurlow, County Suffolk, Eng., 1604, 
sailed for N. E. 1634; went to Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., and in 1639 to New 
Haven, but returned to Watertown, 
Mass., 1650. 

Thomas, at Charlestown, Mass., before 
1687. 

LIVINGSTON 

The founder of the Scotch family in 
1124 was a Saxon Thane named Levin- 
gus. Livingston is a parish in Lin¬ 
lithgowshire, in West Lothan, Scotland. 
John, a member of the Scots Charitable 
Society, Boston, Mass., 1659. 

LLOYD 

From the Welsh, meaning gray or 
brown. 

Edward, at Charlestown, Mass., before 
1682. 


James, merchant, came from Bristol, 
Eng. to Boston, Mass.; at Newport, R. 
I., 1673. 

LOBDELL, LOBDEN 

From the Gaelic lub, bending, curving; 
and dail, a narrow vale or meadow. 
Isaac, at Hull, Mass., 1658. 

John, brother of preceding, married at 
Hull, Mass., 1659. 

Nicholas, granted land at Hingham, 
Mass., 1636. 

Nicholas, resident of Charlestown, 
Mass., 1689. 

Simon, freeman at Hartford, Conn., 
1655; removed to Springfield, Mass., 
1666, thence to Milford, Mass., 1671. 
LOCKE 

John, came from Yorkshire, Eng., set¬ 
tled at Dover, N. H., 1644; became a 
resident of Hampton, N. H., 1655. 
William, b. Stepney Parish, London, 
Eng., 1628; came to N. E. when six 
years old with Nicholas Davis; married 
at Charlestown, Mass., 1655; removed 
to Woburn, Mass. 

LOCKWOOD 

An ancient English family seated in 
Stafford, York, Essex and Northampton 
counties. 

Edmund, came in Winthrop's fleet, set¬ 
tled at Cambridge, Mass. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1632, was in Maine, 
1672. 

Robert, brother of Edmund, came to 
Watertown, Mass., 1630; removed to 
Fairfield, Conn., 1641, later to Norwalk, 
Conn. 

LOFT 

Richard, maltster, came from Kent, 
Eng. to Mass., before 1690. 

LOGAN 

From the Gaelic signifying an inclos¬ 
ed plain or low-lying place. If the res¬ 
idence of a Briton was on a plain, it 
was called lann, from lagen or logen : 
if on an eminence, it was termed dun. 
Alexander, one of the Scots Charitable 
Society, 1684; residing at Charlestown,. 
Mass. 

Jacob, a proprietor at Watertown, 
Mass., 1642. 

LOHAN 

William, killed by Indians, at Swan- 
sey, Mass., 1675, leaving a son Nathan¬ 
iel, born 1675. 

LOKER 

John, at Sudbury, Mass., before 1652. 
Robert, settled at Sudbury, Mass., 1639. 


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LOLLENDINE 

John, original settler at Barnstable, 
Mass., 1673. 

LOMBARD, LUMBART 

John, came from England to Cape Cod, 
1640; settled at Springfield, Mass., 1646. 
Thomas, came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed to Scituate, Mass., and 
in 1640 to Barnstable, Mass. 

LONG 

Philip, a resident of Ipswich, Mass., 
1648; removed to Boston, Mass. 
Richard, at Weymouth, Mass., 1635. 
Richard, resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
before 1680. 

Robert, came to Charlestown, Mass., 
1635, from Dunstable, County Bedford, 
Eng. 

Robert, married at Newbury, Mass., 

1647. 

Samuel, brother of Philip, at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1648. 

Thomas, a resident of Hartford, Conn., 
1665. 

Thomas, living at Roxbury, Mass., 
1688. 

LONGBOTTOM 

James, at Newport, R. I., 1660, and one 
of the purchasers of what is now Wes¬ 
terly, R. I. 

LONGFELLOW 

William, b. County Hants, Eng., about 
1651; came in youth to Newbury, Mass., 
where he married, 1678. 

LONGLEY 

Richard, came to Lynn, Mass., 1636. 
LOOK 

Thomas, came to Lynn, Mass., before 
1646. 

LOOKER, LUKER 

Henry, member of the Artillery Com¬ 
pany, 1640; freeman, Sudbury, Mass., 

1643- 

John, freeman, Sudbury, Mass., 1646. 
Mark, ruling elder of Baptist Church; 
resident of Newport, R. I., 1644. 
LOOMAN, LOMER 

Stephen, living at New London, Conn., 
1687. 

LOOMIS, LUMMIS 

From Welsh lom, bare, naked, exposed; 
and maes, a field, a name of place: the 
place in the open field. It was first 
used as a surname in Lancashire, Eng., 
taken from Lomax, in the parish of 
Bury, Lancashire, Eng. 

Edward, b. Eng., 1608, came to N. E. 
1635; was at Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
Joseph, linen and woolen draper, son 


of John L., b. Braintree, Eng., 1590, 
came to Dorchester, Mass., 1638, where 
he remained a year; removed to Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., where he was granted land 
1640. 

Thomas, resident of Salem, Mass., 
1668. 

LOPER 

James, the first person to undertake the 
catching of whales in Mass.; was locat¬ 
ed at Nantucket, Mass., 1672. 

LORD 

The name derived from the Anglo-Sax¬ 
on ord, which comes from ored, a gov¬ 
ernor, with the prefix of the letter L, 
le, denoting the person or place. The 
Gaelic ard, ord, high, lofty, the prime 
chief, superior. Lord has been derived 
from hlaford, which is compounded 
of hlaf, a loaf, and ford, to give; a 
bread giver. 

Abraham, came from Ipswich, Mass., to 
Kittery, Maine, 1670. 

John, was at Kittery, Maine, 1651. 
John, died at Watertown, Mass., 1669. 
Nathan or Nathaniel, came from 
County Kent, Eng.; purchased land at 
Kittery, Maine, 1662; removed to South 
Berwick, Maine. 

N* Robert, b. Eng., about 1620; was a free¬ 
man at Ipswich, Mass., 1636. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1585; came from 
London, Eng., to N. E., 1635, and was 
one of the early settlers of Hartford, 
Conn. 

William, b. Eng., 1590; was at Salem, 
Mass., 1636, a freeman 1639. 

LORING 

Name derived from the Prince of Lor¬ 
raine ; the Loraines came to England 
with William of Normandy. 

Thomas, came from Axminster, Dev¬ 
onshire, Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 
1634; removed following year to Hing- 
ham, Mass., and to Hull, Mass., 1646. 
LOUD 

Francis, of Scotch descent, settled at 
Sagadahoc, Maine, 1675. 

LOVE 

From the Danish signifying a lion. 
John, a counsellor in N. H., 1692. 
Thomas, married at Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

LOVEJOY 

John, b. Eng., 1622; settled at And¬ 
over, Mass., about 1650; made a free¬ 
man 1673. 

LOVELAND, LOVEMAN 

John, died at Hartford, Conn., 1670. 
Robert, a resident of Boston, Mass., 


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1645; removed to New London, Conn, 
before 1666. 

Thomas, settled at Wethersfield, Conn, 
before 1670. 

LOVEL, LOVELL 

The original family name of Lovel was 
in olden times Percival, so called from 
a place in Normandy until Asceline, its 
chief, who flourished in the early part 
of the twelfth century, acquired from 
his violent temper the soubriquet of 
Lupus (the wolf) ; his son William, Earl 
of Yvery, was nicknamed Lupellus, the 
little wolf, which later was softened in¬ 
to Lupel, and at last to Luvel or Lovel. 
Alexander, b. Eng, 1619, married at 
Medfield, Mass, 1649. 

Daniel, resident of Braintree, Mass, 
1640. 

James, at Weymouth, Mass, before 
1665. 

John, brother of preceding, died at 
Weymouth, Mass, 1651. •, 

John, living at Lynn, Mass, 1681. 
Robert, from Weymouth, England; was 
a freeman of Mass, 1635; probably re¬ 
sided at Weymouth, Mass. 

Thomas, currier, b. Ireland, 1620; came 
to Salem, Mass, 1639; was a proprietor 
at Ipswich, Mass, 1647. 

William, captain of small coasting ves¬ 
sel, settled at Dorchester, Mass, 1630. 
LOVERING 

John, from Dedham, County Essex, 
Eng.; was a freeman at Watertown, 
Mass, 1636; no issue. 

John, at Ipswich, Mass.; at Dover, N. 

H, 1657. 

Mark, resident of Salem, Mass, 1668. 
Thomas, son of William L, of Oldham, 
County Suffolk, Eng, came to Water- 
town, Mass, about 1663; left no chil¬ 
dren. 

LOVETT 

Alexander, hotel keeper, at Medfield, 
Mass, 1678. 

Daniel, a resident of Braintree, Mass, 
1662. 

John, b. Eng, 1610; granted land at 
Salem, Mass, 1639; dwelt on the Bev¬ 
erly side. 

LOVEWELL 

John, ensign in Cromwell’s army, 1653; 
settled at Weymouth, Mass, was at 
Dunstable, Mass, 1690. 

LOW, LOWE 

The name signifies a hill. 

Ambrose, married at Hingham, Mass, 
1688. 


Andrew, resident of New Haven, Conn.,. 

1639- 

John, wheelwright, at Boston, Mass,, 

1637. 

John, resident of Sudbury, Mass, 1641.. 
John, married Hingham, Mass, 1650. 
John, resident of Concord, Mass, 1661. 
Richard, merchant, at Salem, Mass, 
1672. 

Robert, vintner, at Boston, Mass, 1649. 
Thomas, malster, son of Captain John 
L, a commander of one of the ships- 
of Winthrop’s fleet; he came to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass, 1644. 

William, a resident of Kittery, Maine, 
1662. 

LOWDEN 

Richard, resident of Charlestown, 
Mass, 1638. 

LOWELL 

Percival, merchant, son of Richard L, 
and of the ninth generation from Wal¬ 
ter L. of Yardley, Worcestershire, Eng. 
Percival L, b. Somersetshire, Eng, 
1571, came from Bristol, Eng, to New¬ 
bury, Mass, 1639. 

LUCAR 

Mark, freeman, Newport, R. I, 1655. 
LUCAS 

The same as Luke, luminous; Lucas, 
arising to him. 

Thomas, resident of Plymouth, Mass, 
before 1656. 

William, married at Middletown, Conn, 
1666. 

LUCE, LUCY 

Henry, b. Eng. 1640, resident Rehoboth, 
Mass, 1668. 

LUCKIS, LUCKIN 

William, at Marblehead, Mass, 1648. 

LUDDEN 

James, a settler of Weymouth, Mass, 
1636. 

LUDECAS, LEUDECOES 

Daniel resided at Dover, N. H, 1659. 

LUDKIN 

George, came from Norwich, Eng. in 
1635; one of the first drawers for house 
lots at Hingham, Mass, removed to 
Braintree, Mass, where he died, 1648. 
William, locksmith, brother of preced¬ 
ing, b. Norwich, Eng, 1604; came to 
Boston, Mass, 1637; removed to New 
Haven, Conn, 1660. 

LUDINGTON 

William, lived in Charlestown, Mass, 
in part afterwards became Malden, 
Mass, 1642. 


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LUDLOW 

From the ancient town of Ludlow in 
North Wales; llud in Welsh signifies 
whatever connects or keeps together; 
the same as caw; Llud, a prince of the 
Britons, a commander. The English 
ancestor in the fifteenth century was 
William L. 

Roger, came to Dorchester, Mass., 1630, 
removed 1635 to Windsor, Conn., and 
to Fairfield, Conn., 1639; went to Vir¬ 
ginia, 1654. 

LUIN 

Henry, resident of Boston, Mass., 1636. 
LUKE 

George, at Charlestown, Mass., 1687. 
LUMPKIN, LUMPSKINS 

Richard, from Boxted, County Essex, 
Eng., was freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 
1638. 

William, came to N. E. 1637; located at 
Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 

LUND 

Thomas, early settler and selectman at 
Dunstable, Mass., 1682. 

LUNT 

Henry, came to Ipswich, Mass., 1633, 
removed to Newbury, Mass., 1635. 
LUPTON 

Thomas, early settler at Norwalk, Conn., 

1654. 

LUSHER 

Eleazer, one of founders of church, 
Dedham, Mass., 1637. 

LUSON, LEUSON 

John, freeman at Dedham, Mass., 1639. 
LUTHER 

From the German word loth or laut, 
loud, famed, fortunate; and er, honor; 
fortune and honor. The German lau- 
ter signifies bright, clear, pure. 

John, b. Shrewsbury, Eng., came to 
Boston, Mass., 1635; one of original pur¬ 
chasers of Taunton, Mass., 1637; at 
Gloucester, Mass., 1642. 

Samuel, minister, at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1662; ordained 1685, second Baptist min¬ 
ister at Swansey, Mass. 

LUX 

John, at Saco, Maine, 1664. 

William, swore allegiance to Mass, at 
Exeter, N. H., 1657. 

LUXFORD 

James, resident Cambridge, Mass., 1637. 
Stephen, living at Haddam, Conn., 1676; 
no issue. 

LYALL, LYSLE, LISLE, LOYAL 

Francis, barber surgeon, resident Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1637; went to England, but 
returned 1645. 


LYDE 

Allen, married at Portsmouth, N. 

1661. 

Edward, resident of Boston, Mass., 1660. 
LYFORD 

Francis, mariner, at Boston, Mass., 
1667; removed to Exeter, N. H., prior 
to 1680. 

John, minister, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1624, afterwards Nantucket and 
Cape Ann, Mass.; went to Virginia, 
where he died about 1627. 

LYMAN 

English ancestry traced to Alfred the 
Great. 

Richard, son of Henry L., XXIVth gen¬ 
eration from King Alfred, b. High On- 
gar, County Essex, Eng., 1580, settled 
Charlestown, Mass., 1631; went with 
Hooker’s colony to Hartford, Conn., 
1636. 

LYNDE 

John, known as Capt. L., was at Malden, 
Mass., prior 1685. 

Simon, son of Enoch L., b. London, 
Eng., 1624, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1650. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1593-94, settled at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1634. 

LYNN, LYNNE 

Henry, came to Boston, Mass., 1630; 
removed to York, Maine, 1640; five 
/ years later to Virginia. 

LYON 

The English family founded by Sir 
Roger de Leanne, born in France, came 
to England with William the Conqueror. 
George, freeman, Dorchester, 1669, af¬ 
terwards at Milton, Mass. 

Henry, came from Glen Lyon, Perth¬ 
shire, Scotland, to Milford, Mass., 1648, 
removed Fairfield, Conn., 1652. 

James, resident Roxbury, Mass., 1683. 
John, at Salem, Mass., 1638; granted 
land at Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 

Peter, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1649. 
Richard, brother of James, settled at 
Fairfield, Conn., 1649. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, at Fair- 
field, Conn., 1654-70. 

William, son of William L., bapt. Hes¬ 
ton, County Middlesex, Eng., 1620; 
came to N. E. at age of fourteen with 
family of Isaac Heath; settled at Rox¬ 
bury, Mass. 

MACARTER, MECARTA 

John, married at Salem, Mass., 1675. 
MACCALLOM, MAKCALLOM 

Malcolm, one of first members of Scots 
Charitable Society, Boston, Mass., 1657. 


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MACCANE 

William, resident of Wrentham, Mass., 
before 1670. 

MACCARTY 

Son of Carrthach, an Irish chieftain, 
who lived in the eleventh century. 
Florence, butcher, one of founders of 
first society for Episcopalian service in 
N. E.; lived Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Thaddeus, a resident Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1683. 

MACCLARY, MCCLARY 

John, a Scotchman, at Haverhill, Mass., 
1655; prisoner from Dunbar or Wor¬ 
cester, sent to N. E. for sale. 
MACCOME, MACOMB 

Alexander, member of Scots Charita¬ 
ble Society; lived Boston, Mass., 1659. 
James, a Scotchman, resident of Wester¬ 
ly, R. I., 1669. 

MACCULLOCK, MCCULLOCK, MCCUL¬ 
LOUGH 

Son of Cullough. Cullach in Gaelic, a 
-5 boar, figuratively a brave man. 

Alexander, member of Scots Charita¬ 
ble Society; living at Boston, Mass., 
1684. 

Thomas, member of Scots Charitable 
Society, living at Boston, Mass., 1684. 
MACDANIEL 

Dennis, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1671. 

John, married at Boston, Mass., 1658. 
MACDOWALL 

Sturgis, member of Scots Charitable 
Society; living at Boston, Mass., 1684. 
MACE 

“A staff borne as an ensign of office.” 
William, resident Warwick, R. I. 
MACGINNIS 

Gaelic, the son of Ginnis, cine a race, ois 
numerous, gen or gin, to beget, a num¬ 
erous clan or race. 

Daniel, married at Woburn, Mass., 
1677; removed Billerica, Mass., 1679. 
MACK 

John, b. Iverness, Scotland, 1653; came 
to N. E. 1669, settling at Salisbury, 
Mass.; 1690, removed to Lyme, Conn. 
MACKAY 

Daniel, Scotchman, living at Newton, 
Mass., before 1673. 

MACKENTIRE 

Philip, son of Ebenezer M., of Argyle, 
Scotland, settled Reading, Mass., 1651. 

MACKINTOSH 

John, from an ancient Scotch family, 
settled at Dedham, Mass., before 1659 


MACKLATHLIN, MACKLATHEN 

Robert, one of Scotch prisoners sent by 
Cromwell to N. E. to be sold; located 
at Brookfield, Mass. 

MACKMALLEN, MACKMILLION 

Allister, b. Scotland, 1631; at Salem, 
Mass., 1661. 

MACKMAN 

James, merchant, resident Windsor 
Conn., 1690; no issue. 

MACOMBER 

John, carpenter, from Iverness, Scot¬ 
land ; settled at Taunton, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, married 
at Marshfield, Mass., 1677. 

* William, brother of John and Thomas, 
first recorded at Dorchester, Mass., 16385 
removed Duxbury 1641; afterwards to 
Marshfield, Mass. 

MACOONE, MACKOON 

John, married at Cambridge, Mass., 
1654. 

John, resident of Westerly, R. I., 1669. 
MACRANNEY 

William, married at Springfield, Mass., 
1685. 

MACUMMORE 

John, at Newport, R. I., 1639. 
MACWORTH 

Arthur, early settler at Casco, Maine, 
1636; removed Saco, Maine. 

MACY 

George, resident Taunton, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, came from Chilmark, Wilt* 
shire, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., whert 
he was a freeman 1639. 

MADDOCKS, MADDOCK, MATTOCKS 

The name is derived from a Welsh 
proper name, same as Madoc, from mad, 
good, the termination oc or og the same 
as y or ous in English; the og signifies 
animation, activity; oc, greatness, gran* 
deur; ox, quickness, promptitude. 
Edmund, resident Boston, Mass., 165a 
Henry, swore fealty to Mass, at Saco, 
Maine, 1653; removed Boston, Mass. 
Henry, married Watertown, Mass., 
1662. 

James, from Bristol, Eng., to Newbury, 
Mass., 1642, afterwards at Lynn, Mas*. 
John, sawyer, brother of preceding, Is. 
Eng., 1592, located first Boston, Mass^ 
afterwards at Lynn and Newbury, Mass, 
MADER 

Robert, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1643. 
MADIVER 

Michael, at Casco, Maine, before 1658, 
MAGOON, MAGOUN 

From the Gaelic, a corruption of mac- 


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gorian, which signifies a son of the 
smith, from mac, son, and gow, smith. 
Henry, at Dover, N. H., 1657; removed 
Exeter, N. H., 1683. 

John, b. Scotland 1625, at Scituate, 
Mass., 1655; to Hingham, Mass., 1662. 
Jonathan, resident Hingham; Mass., 

1657. 

MAGVARLOW, MACVARLO 

Purdy, married at Hingham, Mass., 
1667. 

MAHOONE 

Dorman, resident Boston, Mass., 1646. 

MAINE, MAYNE, MAYEN- - 

From French province of that name; 
Magne, great, large, rich, powerful, 
same as magnus in Latin. 

Ezekiel, at Stonington, Conn., 1670. 
John, at Boston, Mass., 1689; previous¬ 
ly, at North Yarmouth, Mass., and 
York, Maine. 

MAJOR 

George, from Isle of Jersey to New¬ 
bury, Mass., before 1672. 
MAKEPEACE 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1590, came from Bris¬ 
tol, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1636, after¬ 
wards resided at Dorchester, Mass. 
MAKREST 

Benoni, married, Salisbury, Mass., 1681. 
MALINS 

Robert, resident Newport, R. I., 1675. 
MALLARD 

From Gaelic meallard, a high mound, a 
hill, or eminence, from meall, a hill, and 
ard, high. 

Thomas, member of Artillery Company 
at Boston, Mass., 1685, removed to New 
Hampshire. 

MALLORY, MALLERY 

A corruption of the French mallieure; 
in Latin malos, Leporarius—a name for 
all hunting the hare. 

Peter, signed plantation covenant at 
New Haven, Conn., 1644. 

MALONE, MALOON 

A descendant of house of O’Conner, 
Kings of Connaught; being tonsured 
in honor of St. John, was called Maol 
Eoin —Bald John, from maol, bald or 
tonsured, and Eoin, John, and this was 
corrupted into Malone. 

Hendrick, resident Dover, N. H., 1660. 
MALTBY 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1676. 

William, at Branford, Conn., 1667. 
MANCHESTER 

A place name. 


Thomas, became inhabitant of New 
Haven, Conn., 1638; was at Portsmouth, 
R. I., where he was first mentioned 
1655. 

MANLY, MANLEY 

William, at Weymouth, Mass.; free¬ 
man at Boston, Mass., 1690. 

MANN 

In German, a gentleman, or master, the 
same as herr, man. In Welsh, signifies 
freckled or spotted, also a spot or place. 
The surname is first mentioned in Eng¬ 
land in the Doomsday Book in 1086, 
which records IVillemus filius Manne, 
meaning William the son of Man; he 
appears as a landholder in County Hants. 
The principal seat of the family was at 
Bramley, Yorkshire. 

Abraham, resident of Providence, R. I., 
1676. 

Francis, at Providence, R. I., 1673. 
James, freeman Newport, R. I., 1653. 
John, baker, living Boston, Mass., 
1670. 

Josiah, soldier under Capt. Turner at 
Hadley, Mass., 1676. 

Nathaniel, brother of preceding, at 
Boston, Mass., 1670. 

Richard, b. Cornwall, Eng., was at 
Scituate, Mass., 1646; removed to Con¬ 
cord, Mass. 

Samuel, resident Dedham, Mass., 1642. 
Thomas, at Rehoboth, Mass., 1676. 
William, b. Kent, Eng., 1607; proprie¬ 
tor at Cambridge, Mass., 1634. 
MANNERING, MANWARING 

A corruption of Welsh word mesnil- 
warin, from meonil or maenol, a farm. 
Edward, at Scarborough, Maine, 1663. 
Oliver, at New London, Conn., 1683. 
Philip, in New Hampshire, 1683. 
MANNING 

George, shoemaker, original proprietor 
Sudbury, Mass., 1640; at Boston, Mass., 
1653 - 

Return, married, Hingham, Mass., 1664; 
was a resident of Boston, Mass. 
Richard, at Ipswich, Mass., before 1669. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, died at 
Ipswich, Mass., aged 74. 

William, b. Eng., 1592, came from 
County Essex, Eng., to Roxbury, Mass.; 
was at Cambridge, Mass., 1634; removed 
to Boston, Mass., 1664. 

MANSFIELD 

From a town in Nottinghamshire, Eng., 
so called from Saxon word manrian, 
traffic and field, a place of trade. 




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Andrew, from Exeter, Devonshire, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1636, removed 
to Lynn, Mass., 1639. 

John, at Charlestown, Mass., 1684. 
John, freeman at Hingham, Mass., 1684. 
Richard, son of Sir John Mansfield, 
mayor of Exeter, Devonshire, Eng., 
came to Boston, 1634; removed to New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, where he died, 1655. 
Thomas, was at Lynn, Mass., 1642. 
MANTON 

Shadrach, took oath of allegiance at 
Newport, R. I., 1668. 

MARBLE 

John, at Boston, Mass., before 1646. 
Nicholas, at Gloucester, Mass., 1658. 
Samuel, of Scotch descent, came to N. 
E. before 1660; married that year at 
Andover, Mass. 

William, freeman at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1654. 

MARCH 

A boundary, a limit, the boundary lines 
between England, Scotland and Wales 
were called “The Marches.” Lords 
Marches were noblemen who anciently 
inhabited, guarded and secured these 
marches. 

George, b. Eng. 1622, came to N. E. 
1638 as servant to Stephen Kent; free¬ 
man at Boston, Mass., 1666. 

Hugh, carpenter, brother of preceding, 
b. Eng. 1618; came to N. E. 1638 as ser¬ 
vant to Stephen Kent; afterwards set¬ 
tled at Newbury, Mass. 

MARCY 

John, b. Ireland, 1662, lived at Wood- 
stock, Conn., 1686. 

MARDEN 

Richard, took oath of fidelity at New 
Haven, Conn., 1647. 

MARGIN 

Richard, at Dover, N. H., 1659. 
MARINER 

James, came from Dover, Eng., to Fal¬ 
mouth, Maine, 1686, died at Boston, 
Mass., 1731, aged 80. 

MARION 

John, cordwainer, b. Eng. 1620; came to 
Watertown, Mass., 1640; freeman at 
Boston, Mass., 1652. 

MARK 

The same as marcus, a field; polite, 
shining. 

Patrick, resident Charlestown, Mass., 

1677- 

MARKHAM 

Daniel, b. Plumstead Manor, near Nor¬ 
wich, England, came to Cambridge, 


Mass., 1655; removed to Middletown, 
Conn., 1667. 

Nathaniel, freeman, Watertown, Mass., 
1682. 

William, one of first settlers of Had¬ 
ley, Mass. 

MARLO, MARLOW 

Edward, at Hartford, Conn., 1667. 
Thomas, resident Westfield, Mass., 1681. 
MARRETT 

Nicholas, or Nichols, was at Salem, 
Mass., 1636, removed Marblehead, Mass., 
1648. 

Thomas, freeman, at Cambridge, Mass., 

1636. 

MARRIOTT 

John, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
MARSH 

From the Teutonic maresche, a morass, 
a fen, a tract of low, wet land. 
Alexander, freeman Braintree, Mass., 
1654. 

George, came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1635. 

John, b. Eng. 1618, came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635; went with Hooker to Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1636; removed to Hadley, 
Mass., 1656. 

John, son of John M., came from Brank- 
try, County Essex, England, to Salem, 
Mass., 1633, where he was a land owner, 

1637. 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1638. 
Jonathan, at Milford, Mass., 1649; one 
of first settlers at Norwalk, Conn., 1655. 
Samuel, resident of New Haven, Conn., 
before 1648. 

^/MARSHALL" 

A name of office; master of the house; 
anciently, one who commands all per¬ 
sons not above princes. Teutonic, mars- 
chalk; French, marsechal. 

Edmund, b. Eng. 1598, came to Salem, 
Mass., 1636, removed Ipswich, Mass., 
1646. 

Edward, resident of Warwick, R. I., 
1658. 

Edward, early settler of Reading, Mass. 
Francis, master mariner, b. Eng. 1605, 
came to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

John, came from Leahorn, County Kent, 
England, to Duxbury, Mass., about 
1631. 

John, resident Providence, R. I., 1639. 
John, b. Eng. 1621, came to N. E. 1634, 
with his brother Christopher, a divinity 
student, who returned to England. John 
admitted inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1640. 


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John, b. Eng. 1632, granted land at Bil¬ 
lerica, Mass., 1656. 

John, mariner, came from Barnstable, 
Devonshire, Eng., to Boston, where he 
died, 1662. 

John, resident of Boston, Mass., before 
1661. 

Noah, died at Northampton, Mass., 
1691. 

Peter, was at Newbury, Mass., before 

1689. 

Richard, married, Taunton, Mass., 1676. 
Samuel, known as Captain Samuel, set¬ 
tled at Windsor, Conn., 1637. 

Samuel, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 

1690. 

Samuel, was at Boston, Mass., 1681. 
Thomas, freeman, at Dorchester, Mass., 

1635- 

Thomas, shoemaker or ferryman, came 
from Boston, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 
1634. 

Thomas, tailor at Boston, Mass., 1643, 
removed New Haven, Conn. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1613, came from Bos¬ 
ton, Eng., to Reading, Mass., 1635. 
Thomas, living Salem, Mass., 1657. 
Thomas, at Middlesex, Conn., 1669. 
Thomas, resident of Andover, Mass., 
where he died 1708, almost 100 years old. 
Thomas, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
1684. 

Thomas, residing at Hartford, Conn., 
1670. 

William, b. Eng. 1595, came to Salem, 
Mass., 1635. 

William, married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1666. 

MARSHCROFT, MASHCROFT 

Daniel, married at Roxbury, Mass., 

1665. 

MARSHFIELD 

Thomas, at Windsor, Conn.; at his 
death his family removed to Springfield, 
Mass. 

MARSTON 

An ancient English family. A Marston 
of noble lineage was commander of an 
army corps under William the Conquer¬ 
or, who granted him large estates in 
Yorkshire. 

John, carpenter, b. Eng. 1617, came from 
Ormsby, County Norfolk, to N. E. 1637, 
as a servant of a widow, Mary Moulton, 
and settled at Salem, Mass. 

John, married, Barnstable, Mass., 1657. 
John, resident of Andover, Mass., 1667. 
Robert, at Hampton, N. H., 1637. 


Thomas, Salem, Mass., 1636, removed to 
Hampton, N. H. 

William, brother of preceding, known 
as Captain William, b. Marston Moor, 
Eng., 1592; at Salem, Mass., 1637; 
granted lands at Hampton, N. H., 1640, 
but returned to Salem, Mass., in a few 
years. 

MARTIN, MARTYN, MARSDEN 

This name may be derived from the 
Latin martuis, warlike; from Mars, the 
God of War. In the Gaelic, mor is 
great, and duin, a man; morduin, a chief, 
a warrior. The first of the name on 
record in England was Martin of Tours, 
who made conquest of Cemmes or 
Kemeys in County Pembroke, 1077. The 
roll of Battle Abbey contains the name 
of Le Sire de S. Martin. The seat of 
the family was at Somersetshire, Eng¬ 
land. 

Abraham, weaver, at Hingham, Mass., 
1635, removed Rehoboth, Mass., 1643. 
Ambrose, was at Weymouth, Mass., 1638, 
removed Concord, Mass., 1639. 
Anthony, married at Middletown, 
Conn., 1661. 

Charles, swore allegiance at York, 
Maine, 1680. 

Christopher, Mayflower passenger, no 
issue. 

Edward, at Boston, Mass., 1679. 
Emanuel, signed petition against im¬ 
posts, Salem, Mass., 1668. 

George, blacksmith, came to N. E. 1639, 
in employ of Samuel Winsley; was at 
Salisbury, Mass., 1643; removed to 
Amesbury, Mass., 1650. 

James, b. Eng. 1630, was at Rye, N. H., 

1675- 

Isaac, at Rehoboth, Mass., 1643. 

John, freeman, at Charlestown, Mass., 
1638. 

John, married, Barnstable, Mass., 1657; 
removed to Martha’s Vineyard. 

John, at Swansey, Mass., before 1675. 
John, married, Rehoboth, Mass., 1681. 
Michael, mariner, Boston, Mass., 1656. 
Richard, resident Casco, Maine, 1646. 
Richard, merchant, Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Richard, settled at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1663. 

Richard, early settler Portsmouth, N. 
H.; one of founders first church, 1671. 
Robert, brother of third Richard, came 
from Badecombe, Somersetshire, Eng., 
in 1635; settled at Weymouth, Mass., 
where he was admitted freeman 1640; 
later removed Rehoboth, Mass., finally 
to Swansey, Mass.; left no issue. 


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Robert, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1646. 

Robert, b. Eng. 1633, was at Marble¬ 
head, Mass., 1666. 

Samuel, was at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1646. 

Samuel, married, Andover, Mass., 1676. 
Solomon, ship carpenter, b. Eng. 1619, 
came to Gloucester, Mass., 1633. 
Thomas, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1639, removed Cambridge, Mass. ' 
Thomas, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1670. 

Thomas, freeman, Marlboro, Mass., 
1690. 

William, early settler at Reading, Mass., 
1641. 

MARVIN, MARVEN 

From Gaelic morven, a ridge of very 
high hills. The English ancestry traced 
to Reinold or Rynolds. 

Marvin, of Rumsey, England, b. 1541. 
Matthew, husbandman, bapt. Great 
Bentley, County Essex, England, in 
1600; came to N. E. 1635; an original 
proprietor at Hartford, Conn., 1638; re¬ 
moved Norwalk, Conn., 1650. 

Reynold or Reginald, brother of pre¬ 
ceding, son of Edward, grandson of 
Rynalde, at Hartford, Conn., 1638; 1640 
at Farmington, thence to Saybrook and 
what is now Lyme, Conn. 

MASCALL, MASKELL 

John, at Salem, Mass., 1651. 

Robert, servant in family William Pierce 
1640; returned to England 1646. 
Thomas, resident of Windsor, Conn., 
before 1662. 

MASON 

Arthur, married Boston, Mass., 1655. 
Edmund, proprietor at Watertown, 
Mass., 1642. 

Edward, one of early settlers of Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., 1640; no issue. 

Elias, at Salem, Mass., 1647. 

Henry, at Scituate, Mass., 1643, removed 
to Dorchester, Mass. 

Hugh, tanner, b. Eng. 1606, came from 
vTpswich, County Suffolk, Eng., to Water- 
town, Mass., 1634. 

John, known as Major M., b. Eng. 1600 
came in Winthrop’s fleet; first at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass.; removed to Windsor, 
Conn., 1635, thence to Saybrook, Conn., 
1647; one of first settlers of Norwich, 
Conn., 1660; became famous in Pequot 
War. 

John, at Portsmouth, R. I., 1655; at 
Westerly, R. I., 1669. 


John, brother of Hugh, an early set¬ 
tler at Watertown, Mass., died 1678, 73, 
years. 

John, bricklayer, married at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1659; at Salem, Mass.,. 
1661. 

John, resident Concord, Mass., where' 
he died 1667. 

' _ / John, living at Hartford, Conn., died 
1698. 

John, merchant, came from London,. 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1678. 

Joseph, resident, Portsmouth, N. H.,, 
1670, left no male issue. 

Nicholas, at Saybrook, Conn., 1648. 
Ralph, joiner, b. Eng. 1600 came fronr 
Southwark, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635. 
Robert, at Roxbury, Mass., 1637; re¬ 
moved to Dedham, Mass., where he 
died 1667. 

Robert, grandson patentee John Mason, 
who changed his mother’s name Tufton. 
to Mason; lived at Portsmouth, N. H.; 
counsellor of province 1680. 

Robert, married, Roxbury, Mass., 1680. 
Roger, proposed as freeman, Hartford, 
Conn., 1670. 

Sampson, shoemaker, came Dorchester, 
Mass., 1651; at Rehoboth, Mass., 1657, 
and at Swansey, Mass., 1667. 

Samuel, married at Hingham, Mass,, 
1670. 

Thomas, at Watertown, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved Hartford, Conn., before 1651, 
thence to Northampton, Mass., 1656. 
MASSEY, MASSIE 

From town and lordship of Massey, near 
Bayeux, Normandy. 

Jeffrey, one of first members of church 
at Salem, Mass.; freeman 1634. 
MASTERS 

John, came in Winthrop’s fleet, freeman 
at Cambridge, Mass., 1631. 

MASTERSON 

Richard, came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1629. 

MATHER 

From Welsh madur, a benevolent man; 
meduer, a reaper. Mattair in Gaelic is a 
mother; in Anglo-Saxon, math means 
honor, reverence. 

Richard, minister, son of Thomas M.; 
grandson John M., b. Lowton, parish of 
Winwick, Lancashire, Eng., 1598, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1635, settled at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1636. 

MATSON, MATTESON 
The son of Matthew 
Henry, b. Denmark, 1646, came to East 


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Greenwich, R. I., where he was a land 
owner 1678. 

Thomas, gunsmfith, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1630, removed to Braintree, Mass., 
1636. 

MATTHEWS 

From Hebrew, “the gift of the Lord.” 
Francis, sent over by Mason to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1631; was at Exeter, N. 
H., 1639; removed Dover, N. H., 1647. 
Hugh, married, Newbury, Mass., 1683. 
James, at Charlestown, Mass., 1634; re¬ 
moved to Yarmouth, Mass., before 1639. 
John, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1642. 
John, at Rehoboth, Mass.; removed to 
Springfield, Mass., 1644. 

John, tailor, at Boston, Mass., 1645. 
John, married at Charlestown, Mass., 
1659. 

John, resident of Marlboro, Mass., 1681. 
MATTHEWSON 

James, settled at Providence, R. I., 1658. 
MATTOCKS 

David, freeman at Braintree, Mass., 
1650. 

James, cooper, came from Bristol, Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., before 1635. 

Richard, married at New Haven, Conn., 
1669. 

MATTOON 

Herbert, at Kittery, Maine, 1652. 

Philip, early settler at Springfield, 
Mass.; resident of Deerfield, Mass., 
1686. 

MAUDE 

Daniel, minister, came from Bristol, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635; first min¬ 
ister at Dover, N. H.; left no issue. 
MAUDSLEY, MOSELEY _ 

The name is found in the Doomsday 
Book as Moleslie, which signifies a re¬ 
tired hamlet. It is derived from the 
Saxon words meos, moss; and ley; field. 
Henry, b. Eng. 1611, came to Braintree, 
Mass., 1635. 

John, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1639. 
MAULE, MAULD 

Thomas, shopkeeper, a Quaker, settled 
at Salem, Mass., 1669. 

MAVERICK 

Antipas, resident of Isle of Shoals, 1647. 
Elias, freeman, Charlestown, Mass., 
1633, afterwards at Winnesemet, now 
Chelsea, Mass. 

John, came from Plymouth, Eng., to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630. 

Moses, brother of Elias, freeman at 
Salem, Mass., 1634, living on Marble¬ 
head side. 


Samuel, b. Eng. 1602; at Noodles Island 
in Boston Harbor as early as 1628, where 
he built a fort with four small pieces of 
artillery. He was a King’s Commis¬ 
sioner, 1665. 

MAWNEY 

Moses, a Huguenot, came from France 

1685, settled at East Greenwich, R. I. 
MAWRY, MOREY, MOWRY 

Roger, freeman Salem, Mass., 1631. 
MAXFIELD 

Clement, came Dorchester, Mass., 1658; 
previously resident of Taunton, Mass. 
James, cordwainer, Boston, Mass., 1675. 
John, at Salisbury, Mass., 1652, at Glou¬ 
cester, 1679. 

MAXSON, MAGGSON 

Richard, blacksmith, at Newport, R. I., 
1638. 

MAXWELL 

One Macchus in the eleventh century 
obtained lands on the Tweed, in Scot¬ 
land, from Prince David, to which he 
gave the name Macchus-ville, since cor¬ 
rupted to Maxwell. Maxwell is Mac- 
sual in Gaelic, from Mac, son, and 
sual, small, little. 

Alexander, came Wenham, Mass., 1690. 
James, member Scots Charitable Society, 
1684. 

John, freeman at Andover, Mass., 
1669. 

MAY 

Name probably given to a child born 
that month. May in Saxon is a daisy, 
a flower; Gaelic mai or maith, good, 
pleasant, fruitful. In Welsh, mai, the 
earth, the producer; ma, mother, ten¬ 
der, kind. 

John, b. Mayfield, County Sussex, Eng., 
1590, settled at Roxbury, Mass., 1640. 
Jonathan, married Hingham, Mass., 

1686. 

MAYER 

Henry, butcher, Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1683. 
Thomas, from County of Norfolk, Eng., 
to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

MAYFIELD 

John, married at Lynn, Mass., before 
1666. 

MAYHEW 

Robert, son of William Mahew of Gol- 
dynglane, St. Giles, Cripplegate, Eng.; 
received a grant of tenement in Manor 
of Talmage’s, parish of Brockley, Coun¬ 
ty Suffolk, Eng., 1399-1400. 

John, mariner, from Devonshire, Eng., 
married at New London, Conn., 1676. 
Robert Parkhurst, mercer, 14th gen- 


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eration from William M.; came Boston, 
Mass., 1631, settled at Watertown, Mass., 
removed to Martha’s Vineyard 1645. 
Thomas, merchant, b. Tisbury, Eng., 
1591-92, settled Watertown, Mass., 1633; 
removed to Martha’s Vineyard 1647; 
died Edgartown, Mass., 1682. Robert 
mentioned above may have been his son, 
as Thomas married for his first wife a 
Parkhurst. 

MAYNARD 

John, at Cambridge, Mass., 1634, re¬ 
moved Hartford, Conn., before 1646. 
John, resident Duxbury, Mass., 1640. 
John, b. Cambridge, Eng., 1610, was at 
Cambridge, Mass., 1634; original pro¬ 
prietor at Sudbury, Mass., 1640, one of 
petitioners at Marlboro, 1656. 

John, carpenter, Boston or Dorchester, 
Mass., 1648. 

William, came from Hampshire, Eng., 
to New London, Conn., where he mar¬ 
ried, 1678. 

MAYO 

The name of a country and town in 
Ireland, from moi or moy, Gaelic, a 
plain, moy a river, and ai a region or 
territory,—the region or tract on the 
river Moy. 

John, minister, came to Boston, Mass., 
1638; removed to Eastham, Mass., 
1646; returned Boston, where he was 
first minister of North Church, 1655, 
dismissed 1673, when he went to Barnsta¬ 
ble, Eastham and Yarmouth, Mass. 
John, came in youth, with Robert Gam- 
blin, Jr., from Rawling, County Kent, 
to Roxbury, Mass., 1632. 

McDonald, mcdonell 

The most powerful family of the High¬ 
lands of Scotland, styled “King of the 
Isles.” Somerled, Thane of Argyle, 
flourished about 1140; was ancestor of 
all the McDonalds. The clan’s name is 
derived from Donald, his grandson. 
John, resident Boston, Mass., 1657. 
McDOUGALL 

The son of Dougall, that is the black 
stranger, the foreigner or native of the 
Lowlands. 

Allister, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1658. 

McEWEN, McCANE 

Robert, tailor, Scotchman, resident of 
Stratford, Conn., 1685. 

McINTIRE, McINTYRE 

From Gaelic, the son of Kintyre;—a 
promontory or headland, from cean, 
head, and tir, land; also the son of a 
carpenter. 


Philip, b. Argyle, Scotland, 1648, resi¬ 
dent Reading, Mass., 1666. 

McKENNEY 

John, resident Scarborough, Maine, 
1668. 

MEACHAM 

Jeremiah, fuller, at Salem, Mass, 1660. 
MEAD 

A meadow, a tract of low land; the 
sense is, extended or flat, depressed land. 
The family of Norman descent. Hervey 
de Piato, ancestor in 1200. 

Gabriel, b. Eng. 1587, freeman Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1638. 

James, resident Wrentham, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1694. 

Joseph, at Stamford, Conn., 1657, free¬ 
man Greenwich, Conn., 1662. 

Nicholas, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1680. 

Richard, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1665. 
William, brother of Gabriel, came from 
Eng. 1635, settled at Wethersfield, Conn., 
1641, removed to Stamford, Conn. 
William, brother of Richard, died at 
Roxbury, Mass., 1683. 

MEADER 

John, came from Durham, Eng., 1650, 
to Boston, Mass.; resident of Dover, N. 

H„ 1653. 

MEAKINS, MEEKINS 

John, freeman Hartford, Conn., 1669. 
MEANE, MEANS 

John, resident Cambridge, Mass., 1638. 
MEARS 

Robert, tailor, b. Eng. 1592, came from 
London, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635. 
MEASURE, MASUER 

William, married New London, Conn., 
1664. 

MECOCK, MEACOCK, MAYCOCK 

Thomas, at Milford, Mass., 1658; re¬ 
moved Guilford, Conn., 1667. 
MEDBURY 

John, inhabitant of Swansey, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1682. 

MEEK 

Mild of temper, soft, gentle; Mac in 
Gaelic, a son. 

Richard, at Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
MEEKER 

Robert, married at New Haven, Conn., 
1651, removed Fairfield, Conn., before 
1670. 

William, living at New Haven, Conn., 
i657- 
MEIGS 

Vincent, b. Eng. 1583, came from De- 


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vonshire or Dorsetshire, Eng., to N. E., 
1637; was at New Haven, Conn., 1644; 
settled at Guilford, Conn., 1644. 
MELCHER 

Edward, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1684. 
MELLIN, MELLEN, MELYEN 

Isaac, of Dutch descent, was at New 
Haven, Conn., 1657, removed 1664 to 
Virginia. 

Jacob, leather seller, brother of preced¬ 
ing, took oath of fidelity at New Haven, 
• Conn., 1655. 

Richard, freeman Weymouth, Mass., 
1639, removed Charlestown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1642. 

Samuel, brother of Isaac, died at Fair- 
field, Conn., before 1660. 

MELLOWS, MELLHOUSE 

Abraham, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1634, where he died 1639. 

Oliver, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1634, 
removed Braintree, Mass., where he died 
1638. 

MELVILLE , „ 

Daniel, merchant, Barnstable, Mass., 
1691, removed Eastham, Mass. 

MELVIN , 

The name was originally Esmaleville or 
Malavilla, from a baron of Pays de 
Caux, Normandy, France, and in records 
in the Doomsday book, 1086. It is a 
corruption of Melville. 

John, tailor, Charlestown, Mass., prior 
to 1676. 

MENDAM, MENDALL, MENDON 

Robert, hotel keeper, Duxbury, Mass., 

1638, removed Kittery, Maine, before 

1647. 

William, resident Braintree, Mass., 1667. 
MEPHAM, MAPHAM, MIPHAM 
John, at Guilford, Conn., 1639. 

MERCER 

One who deals in silks and woolen 
goods. 

Thomas, died at Boston, Mass., 1699. 

MERCHANT, MARCHANT 

John, settled Braintree, Mass., 1639, 
proprietor at Woburn, Mass., 1642, re¬ 
moved Yarmouth, Mass., 1648. 

William, resident Watertown, Mass., 

1639. 

MEREDITH, AMEREDITH 

The family is of British origin; old 
chronicles relate that the first settle¬ 
ment of the family was situated on the 
Welsh shore, where the sea washed in 
with great impetuosity and noise, from 
which it is added they took the name 
of Meredyth or Ameredith; Maredydd, 
Welsh, the animated one. 


John, resident Kittery, Maine, 1670. 
MERIAM 

Originally spelt Merryham; ham means 
home or house, and literal signification 
of the name is merry house or happy 
home. 

George, freeman Concord, Mass., 1641. 
John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1647. 
Joseph, clothmaker and merchant, son 
of William M., of Kent, Eng., b. 1600, 
settled at Concord, Mass., 1638. 

Robert, brother of preceding, freeman 
at Concord, Mass., 1639. 

Samuel, resident at Charlestown, Mass., 
1691. 

William, of Hudlow, County Kent, 
Eng., freeman at Concord, Mass., 1645; 
shortly afterwards removed to Lynn, 
Mass. 

MERLAN 

John, resident Hampton, N. H., 1649. 
MERRICK, MYRICK 

Descended from Meyrick or Llewellyn 
in reign of Henry VIII. 

James, at Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
John, died Hingham, Mass., 1647. 
Thomas, b. Wales 1620, was at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1638, removed to Spring- 
field, Mass. 

William, farmer, brother of preceding, 
b. Wales 1603, was at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1636; at Duxbury, Mass., 1640, 
one of original proprietors of Bridge- 
water, Mass., later removed to East- 
ham, Mass. 

MERRILL, MERLE, MERRELLS 

The family originally was domiciled in 
province of Aisne, France, where the 
name is perpetuated by the village of 
Merle. The family was knighted both 
in France and England. The French 
signification of the name is a blackbird. 

Jeremiah, resident of Boston, Mass., 
prior to 1652. 

John, original settler of Newbury, Mass.; 
freeman 1640. 

Nathaniel, brother of preceding, b. 
Wiltshire, Eng., 1610, came in 1635 to 
Newbury, Mass. 

Thomas, at Hartford, Conn., about 
1646. 

MERRIMAN 

The English ancestor, Theophilus M. 
Nathaniel, known as Captain Nathaniel 
M., b. Tenderton, County Kent, Eng., 
1613; settled New Haven, Conn., 1663; 
one of original settlers Wallingford, 
Conn., 1670. 


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MERRITT 

Ezekiel, at Newport, R. I., 1639. 

Henry, b. Eng. about 1590, settled at 
Scituate, Mass., where he was joined by 
his wife and children, 1637. 

James, resident of Boston, Mass., 1655. 
John, brother of Henry, at Scituate, 
Mass., prior to 1643. 

Nicholas, at Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 
Thomas, settled at Rye, N. Y., 1673. 
William, constable at Duxbury, Mass., 
1647. 

MERROW, MERO 

Henry, married Woburn, Mass., 1660. 
MERRY 

Cornelius, Irish descent, granted land 
at Northampton, Mass., 1663. 

Cornelius, resident Hartford, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1695. 

John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1663. 
Joseph, at Haverhill, Mass., 1640; re¬ 
moved Hampton, N. H., thence Edgar- 
town, Mass.; died 1710, tradition says 
103 years old. 

Walter, shipwright, at Boston, Mass., 
as early as 1633. 

MERRYFIELD 

Henry, resident Dorchester, Mass., 1641. 
MERSERVE 

The name is derived from the French 
vert merservye, ill-treated. 

Clement, came from Isle of Jersey, 
Eng., a taxpayer at Portsmouth, N. H., 
1673; later removed to Newington, N. 
H. 

MERWIN 

Miles, b. Wales 1623, came to Milford, 
Conn., 1645. 

MESSER 

Edward, inhabitant New Hampshire, 
1689. 

MESSINGER, MASSENGER 

A corruption of the French messager, 
a messenger or bearer of dispatches. 
Andrew, at Hartford, Conn., 1639, at 
Norwalk, Conn., 1672, and New Haven, 
Conn., 1687. 

Edward, resident Windsor, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1650. 

Henry, joiner, came to Boston, Mass., 
1640. 

METCALF, MEDCALF 

In the Welsh, medd signifies a vale, a 
meadow, and caf, a cell, a chancel, a 
church, ie the church in the vale; Eng¬ 
lish ancestor, Adam de Medikalf 1278. 
Brian Metcalf is mentioned in Middle- 
ham Rolls 1465-66. 


Joseph, freeman, Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 
Michael, weaver and tapestry maker, 
son of Rev. Leonard M., and sixth gen¬ 
eration from Brian M., b. Tatterford, 
County Norfolk, Eng., 1586, came to N. 
E., 1637, settled at Dedham, Mass. 
Stephen, brickmaker, at New Haven, 
Conn., 1639. 

METHUP 

Daniel, at Watertown, Mass., 1664. 

MEW 

Ellis, took oath of fidelity at New Hav¬ 
en, Conn., 1669. 

MICO 

John, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 1689. 
MIDDLEBROOK 

They were among the earlier Teutonic 
tribes, who crossed the North Sea and 
colonized the British Isles. They set¬ 
tled in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, 
and Yorkshire. 

Joseph, b. Eng. about 1610 came to 
Concord, Mass., 1635; settled at Fair- 
field, Conn., 1644. 

MIDDLECOTT 

Richard, son of Edward M., came from 
Warminster, County Wilts, Eng., to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., before 1674. 

MIDDLETON 

From a small town in Dorsetshire, Eng¬ 
land ; the middle town. 

James, Dover, N. H., 1658, removed to 
Maine, 1665. 

William, Boston, Mass., about 1670. 
MIGHILL 

Thomas, at Roxbury, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved to Rowley, Mass., where he was 
a freeman 1640. 

MILBOURNE 

From miln, a mill, and borne or bourne, 
a brook, i. e. the mill brook. 

William, minister at Saco, Maine, 1680. 
MILBURY, MILLBURY 

Henry, at York, Maine, 1680. 
MILDMAY 

Derived from the Saxon mild, soft or 
tender; and dema, a judge; and was 
given to one of the early ancestors of 
the family from his tempering the 
severity of the law with mercy. Among 
early ancestors of the family was Sir 
Walter M., in reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
William, son of Sir Henry M., County 
Essex, was student at Harvard College 
1647- 

MILES or MYLES 

John, b. Eng. 1618, came to N. E. 1635; 
freeman at Concord, Mass., 1639. 

John, minister, b. Wales, 1621; first 


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Baptist clergyman at Boston, Mass.; at 
Weymouth, Mass., 1663, and Swansey, 
Mass., 1683. 

Joseph, submitted to jurisdiction of 
Mass, at Kittery, Maine, 1652. 

Richard, one of founders of Milford, 
Conn., 1639, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1643. 

Richard, Boston, Mass., 1664. 

Samuel, freeman Dedham, Mass., 1645. 
MILK, MILKE 

John, authorized chimney sweep at Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1663. 

MILLARD 

John, tanner, Rehoboth, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, granted land at Mount Wollas¬ 
ton, Mass., 1639. 

MILLER. 

From Gaelic meillear, having large lips; 
malair, a merchant; maille, armor; and 
fear, a man; a man in armor, a soldier. 
The name appears in parish records of 
County Sussex, Eng., as early as 1300. 
Andrew, early settler Dover, N. H., 
where he was representative 1674-76. 
Ephraim, resident of Kittery, Maine, be¬ 
fore 1690. 

John, son of Robert M., grandson of 
John M., was proprietor Rehoboth, 
Mass., 1643. 

John, first settler Wethersfield, Conn., 
1636, removed Stamford, Conn. 

John, from Maidstone, County Kent, 
Eng., settled at Lynn, Mass.; was at 
Salem, Mass., removed to East Hamp¬ 
ton, L. I., 1649. 

John, b. Eng. 1632, came from London, 
Eng., and was at Yarmouth, Mass. 
John, freeman Springfield, Mass., 1690. 
Joseph, b. Eng. 1620, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., 1635, was at Newbury, Mass., 
and Dover, N. H. 

X Joseph, freeman Marlboro, Mass., 1685. 
Nicholas, able to bear arms at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1665. 

Paul, at Boston, Mass., before 1692; no 
male issue. 

Richard, granted land, Charlestown, 
Mass., 1637; no male issue. 

Samuel, freeman Springfield, Mass., 
1690. 

Sydrach, cooper, Salem, Mass., 1629. 
Thomas, resident Rowley, Mass., 1646. 
Thomas, planter, Boston, Mass., before 
1668. 

Thomas, married Springfield, Mass., 
1649. 

Thomas, carpenter, b. Eng. 1610, came 


from Birmingham, Eng., to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635; removed to Rowley, 
Mass., and in 1653, Middletown, Conn. 
William, planter, Ipswich, Mass., 1638, 
original settler Northampton, Mass., 

1654. 

MILLERD, MILLARD 

Benjamin, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 
1690. 

Joseph, living at Rehoboth, Mass., 1690. 
Robert, at Rehoboth, Mass., 1690. 
Samuel, residing at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1690. 

Thomas, mariner, selectman Gloucester, 
Mass., 1642; removed to Newbury, 
Mass., that year. 

MILLETT, MYLLETT 

Richard, came in Winthrop’s fleet to 
N. E.; freeman 1633. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1605, came to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635. 

MILLIKEN 

The name of Saxon-Norman origin; in 
1273 John Mullkyn came from Low 
Countries to England and was at Suf¬ 
folk, England. The family is of Scotch 
ancestry. 

Andrew, at Scarboro, Maine, 1651. 
Arthur, brother of preceding, resident 
of Scarboro, Maine, 1651. 

Hugh, brother of preceding, b. Eng. 
1640, at Boston, Mass., 1681. 

MILLING 

Simon, resident of Watertown, Mass., 
before 1686. 

MILLINGTON 

John, married at Windsor, Conn., 1668, 
removed Suffield, Conn. 

MILLS 

Gaelic, milidh, a soldier, the d being 
silent; living near a mill. 

Benjamin, resident Dedham, Mass., 
1677. 

Edward, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1645. 
John, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1630, re¬ 
moved Braintree, Mass.; town clerk 

1653. 

John, resident of Scarborough, Maine. 
Joseph, planter, Kittery, Maine, 1647. 
Peter, tailor, came from Amsterdam, 
Holland, named Van Molyn, corrupted in 
English to Mills; settled at Windsor, 
Conn. 

Richard, at Stratford, Conn., 1653; 
Stamford, Conn.; removed Westchester, 
N. Y., 1663. 

Robert, brother of Joseph, died Kittery, 
Maine, 1647. 



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Samuel, married Windsor, Conn., 1639. 
Samuel, came from Lancashire, Eng., 
to Weymouth, Mass., before 1640; set¬ 
tled Dedham, Mass., 1644. 

Simon, Windsor, Conn., 1639. 

Thomas, freeman Wells, Maine, 1653. 
MILTON 

From Saxon miln, and ton, or the mid¬ 
dle town; a place name from town of 
Milton, County Kent, Eng. 

George, resident of New London, Conn., 

1663. r 

MINAID 

Thomas, resident of Hingham, Mass., 
1636. 

MINGAY 

Jeffery, freeman at Hampton, N. H., 
1640. 

MINOR, MINER 

Henry M., a soldier under Edward III, 
and granted coat-of-arms. 

Thomas, son of William M., of Chew 
Magna, County Somerset, Eng.; of tenth 
generation from Henry M. One of 
founders of a church at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1632; removed New London, 
Conn., 1645, to Stonington, Conn., 1683. 
MINORD 

James, resident of Boston, Mass., 1645. 
MINOT 

Thomas M., of Saffron Walden, Coun¬ 
ty Essex, England, was Archbishop of 
Dublin, 1363. 

George, son of Thomas M., seven gen¬ 
erations from Thomas M., b. Saffron 
Walden, County Essex, Eng., 1594, free¬ 
man at Dorchester, Mass., 1634. 

John, died at Boston, Mass., 1659. 
MINTER 

Tobias, came from Newfoundland to 
New London, Conn., 1672. 

Tristam, died New London, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1674. 

MIRIAM 

John, selectman Boston, Mass., 1691. 
MIRICK, MYRICK 

James, son of Rev. William M. b. Eng. 
1612, at Newbury, Mass., 1656. 

John, brother of preceding, b. 1614, 
freeman at Charlestown, Mass., 1641. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, b. 1620, 
was in N. E., 1645. 

William, was at Charlestown, Mass., 
1636, became proprietor at Eastham, and 
Duxbury, Mass. 

MITCHELL 

From the Saxon muchel, big; a corrup¬ 
tion of Michael. An ancient Scottish 
family that later settled at Halifax, 
Yorkshire, England. 


Andrew, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
before 1688. 

Experience, came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1623, removed to Duxbury, Mass., 1631; 
late in life to Bridgewater, Mass., where 
he died 1680. 

George, carpenter, Boston, Mass., 1644. 
John, resident Hartford, Conn., 1660. 
Matthew, b. South Outram, Parish 
Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., 1590. Arrived 
Boston, Mass., 1635, removed Concord, 
Mass., 1636, thence to Springfield, Mass., 
Saybrook, Conn., and in 1637 Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., finally, 1640 to Stamford, 
Conn. 

Richard, b. Isle of Wight, Eng., 1686, 
located at Newport, R. I. 

Thomas, at New Haven, Conn., 1652. 
Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., 1664. 
Thomas, at Block Island, R. I., 1684. 
William, married at Newbury, Mass., 
1648. 

William, died Charlestown, Mass., 1678. 
MITCHELSON, MICHELSON 

/ Edward, Cambridge, Mass., 1636, mar¬ 
shal-general of colony, 1654. 

William, married at Cambridge, Mass., 
1654- 
MITTEN 

Michael, Falmouth, Maine, 1637. 

MIX, MEEKS 

From mixe, an ancient territory of 
France. 

Thomas, resident of New Haven, Conn., 

1643. 

William, brother of preceding, at New 
Haven, Conn., before 1650. 

MIXER, MIXTER 

Isaac, b. Eng. 1603, came to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634. 

MOREES 

Henry, householder at Salem, Mass., 
1676. 

MOKUM, MOKEY 

Robert, Ipswich, Mass., 1639, resident 
Boston, Mass., 1668. 

MONK 

From Welsh mon, sole, separate, alone; 
Gaelic ntonach, a man who retires from 
the ordinary concerns of the world and 
devotes himself to religion. 
Christopher, Boston, Mass., about 1675. 
George, vintner, at sign of the Blue An¬ 
chor, Boston, Mass., about 1675. 

MONROE 

From Monadh or Mont Roe from the 
mount on the river Roe in Ireland, 
whence the family came. Moine Roe, 
a mossy place on the Roe. Munroe, 


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from, of or about the Roe. The river 
is sometimes written Munree. 

Thomas, b. 1660-65, married at Taun¬ 
ton, Mass., 1698. 

MONTAQUE, MOUNTAGUE 

From French DeMont Aigue, from 
sharp and steep mountain. 

Griffin, at Brookline, Mass., 1635, at 
Cape Porpoise, Maine, 1653. 

Richard, son of Peter M., of parish of 
Burnham, County Bucks, Eng., b. Eng. 
about 1614; at Welles, Maine, 1646, re¬ 
moved to Boston, Mass., and 1651 to 
Wethersfield, Conn. 

MOODIC 

Thomas, member of Scots Charitable 
Society, Boston, Mass., 1684. 

MOODY 

A name given for . the disposition; 
Mevidwy in Welsh signifies an anchor¬ 
ite, a recluse, hermit, a monk; Welsh 
ancestry. 

Eleazer, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
John, son of George M., of Moulton, 
County Suffolk, Eng., came to Roxbury, 
Mass., 1633, removed to Hartford, 
Conn.; proprietor 1639. 

William, blacksmith, came from Ips¬ 
wich, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 1634; 
among first settlers of Newbury, Mass., 
1635- 

MOON, MOONE 

A corruption of Mohan, or it may be a 
local name from the island Anglesey, 
or Mona, so called from the Welsh word 
Mwyn, mines, from its stone quarries 
and mines; others derive the name from 
mon or mona, alone, separated. Mwyn 
Welsh affable pleasant. 

Robert, tailor, Boston, Mass., 1645. 
MOORE or MORE, MOOERS 

From Gaelic, Mor great chief, tall, 
mighty, proud; moar, a collector of 
manorial rents in Isle of Man. Moore 
from Moor —John o’ the Moor. Thomas 
de More was one of survivers of battle 
of Hastings. 

Abraham, married Andover, Mass., 
1687. 

Andrew, resident of Windsor, Conn., 
1671; at Poquonock, Conn., granted 
land what is now Granby, 1680. 

Caleb, at Salem, Mass., 1668. 

Edmund, b. Eng. 1614, came from South-, 
ampton, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1638; 
found as early as 1640 in records of 
Newbury, Mass. 

Enoch, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 

1675. 

Francis, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 
1639. 


George, at Lynn, Mass., 1659. 

Goldin, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 

1636; at Lexington, Mass., 1642; re¬ 
moved to Billerica, Mass.; no male is¬ 
sue. 

Isaac, came from Farmington, Conn., 
one of first settlers of Norwalk, Conn., 
before 1645. 

James, brother of George, married 
Lynn, Mass., 1657. 

James, “a Scottish man,” one of found¬ 
ers of Scots Charitable Society, Boston, 

Mass.; married there, 1657. 

Jeremy, came to Hingham, Mass., 1638, 
from Wymondham, County Norfolk, 

Eng.; removed to Boston, Mass., 1643. 

John, came from Dorchester, Eng., to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630, removed to 
Windsor, Conn., 1635, later to Sims¬ 
bury, Conn. 

John, freeman at Roxbury, Mass., 1632. 

John, freeman at Cambridge, Mass., 

1636. 

John, received as inhabitant of New¬ 
port, R. I., 1638, at Warwick, R. I., 1655. 

John, resident of Lynn, Mass., 1641. 

John, living at Braintree, Mass., 1643. 

John, b. Eng. 1611, settled at Sudbury, 

Mass., 1640, later removed to Lancas¬ 
ter, Mass. 

John, brewer, resident of Boston, Mass., 

1673- 

John, married at Lynn, Mass., 1673. 

John, freeman at Lynn, Mass., 1691. 

John, fisherman, at Kittery, Maine, 

1667. 

Jonathan, of Scotch ancestry, living at 
Exeter, N. H., 1650. 

Joseph, married at Sudbury, Mass. 

Mathew, married at Newbury, Mass., 

1662. - - 

Miles, at Milford, Conn., 1646, removed 
1657 to New Londpn, Conn. ? ,, 13 pyjs 
Richard, came iS-JUl-vaffcn M ay flower, ft & 
afterwards at Scituate, Mass. 

Richard, b. Eng. 1615, came to N. E.yV* 
i60g, granted land at Salem, Mass., 1638^^' 
Richard, granted land in 1647 at Cape 
Porpoise, now Kennebunk, Maine, and 
at Scarborough, Maine, 1667. 

Richard, at Lynn, Mass., before 1661. 

Robert, tailor, at Boston, Mass., 1651, 
removed next year. 

Robert, resident of Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Samuel, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1632. 
Samuel, resident of Boston, Mass., 

1670. 

Samuel, at Lynn, Mass., 1676. 


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Samuel, married at Newbury, Mass., 

1653. 

Thomas, came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed to Windsor, Conn., 1635, 
afterwards to Southold, L. I. 

Thomas, sent by Mason to Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1631. 

Thomas, son of Thomas M., b. Eng. 
1615-16, came to Salem, Mass., 1653. 
Thomas, mariner, married at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1653. 

William, at Salem, Mass., 1639, at Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1665. 

William, York, Maine, 1652. 

William, Westerly, R. I., 1669, at Nor¬ 
wich, Conn., 1677. 

William, resident of Amesbury, Mass., 
1670. 

MOREHOUSE, MOOREHOUSE 

Jonathan, married at Fairfield, Conn., 
before 1684. 

Thomas, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1640, 
removed to Stamford, Conn., 1641; at 
Fairfield, Conn., 1653. 

MOREY 

Benjamin, at Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
George, b. Eng. 1612, came to N. E. 
1635, died Duxbury, Mass., 1640. 
Francis, Salem, Mass., 1686. 

Jonathan, married at Plymouth Mass., 
1659. 

Joseph, Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
Nathaniel, married at Providence, R. 
I., 1666. 

Roger, came from Salem, Mass., to 
Providence, R. I., 1649. 

Thomas, married at Roxbury, Mass., 
1673. 

MORFIELD, MOOREFIELD 
^ John, came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

MORGAN 

From Celtic origin, mor, the sea, and 
gan, born i. e., born near the sea. The 
name was in common use before the 
Norman Co'nquest. 

Francis, at Kittery, Maine, 1664. 
James, b. Wales, 1607, married at Rox¬ 
bury, Mass., 1640, removed to New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., before 1657. 

James, resident of Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1676. 

Joseph, married at Lynn, Mass., 1669. 
Miles, brother of James, b. Landaff, 
Glamorganshire, Wales, 1615, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1636, removed to Spring- 
field, Mass., 1643. 


Owen, married at New Haven, Conn., 
1650, afterwards at Norwalk, Conn. 
Richard, came from Wales to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., before 1658, removed to 
Brentwood, near Exeter, N. H., 1659. 
Robert, was at Saco, Maine, 1636, and 
Kennebec, Maine, 1665. 

Robert, b. Wales, 1601; was at Salem, 
Mass., as early as 1636. 

Roger, died at Charlestown, Mass., 1675. 
Samuel, resident at Marblehead, Mass., 
1674- 

William, at Amesbury, Mass., 1677, re¬ 
moved to N. H. 

MORLEY 

A place name from Morlaix, in Brit¬ 
tany, France, derived from the Welsh 
or British word mor, the sea, and ley, 
a valley. 

John, freeman at Braintree, Mass., 1645, 
removed to Charlestown, Mass., 1658. 
MORRILL, MORRELL, MORREL 

The name is of French origin, identical 
with Merrill, “having yellow hair.” 
Abraham, planter, millwright and iron 
founder, came to Cambridge, Mass., 1632, 
original proprietor of Salisbury, Mass., 
1642. 

Isaac, brother of preceding, b. Eng. 
1588, came Roxbury, Mass., 1632. 
Jeremiah, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

Tohn, b. Eng. 1640, settled at Eliot, 
Maine, 1666 

Richard, inhabitant New Hampshire, 
1640. 

MORRIS 

From Welsh mawr, and rys, a hero, a 
warrior, a brave man; majth, the great, 
the warlike, same as mavors. 

Daniel, at Hampton, N. H., 1646. 
Dorman, at Boston, Mass., before 1672; 
removed to Conn. 

Edmund, carpenter, came from parish 
Kington Magna, near Shaftesbury, Dor¬ 
setshire, Eng., to Roxbury, Mass. 
Edward, b. Waltham, County Sussex, 
Eng., 1630; recorded at Roxbury, Mass., 
1652; removed to Woodstock, Conn. 
John, resident of Hartford, Conn., 1640. 
Rice, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 

1634. 

Richard, came to N. E. in Winthrop’s 
fleet, freeman 1631 at Boston, Mass.; at 
Roxbury, Mass.; went 1638 to Exeter, 
N. H.; freeman, Portsmouth, R. I., 1655. 
Robert, resident of Rehoboth, Mass., 
1640. 


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Thomas, signer of Plantation Covenant 
at New Haven, Conn., 1639. 

Thomas, at Casco, Maine, 1652; follow¬ 
ing year, Dover, N. H. 

William, Charlestown, Mass., 1658; re¬ 
moved Wethersfield, Conn., before 1669. 

MORRISON 

Of Scotch ancestry. The origin of the 
name is probably, the son of Mary 
Moore, or Maurice, and as originally 
written in the Saxon was Mooressoni 
Andrew, resident of New Haven, Conn., 
1690. 

Daniel, b. 1668, settled Newbury, Mass., 
before 1690. 

MORSE 

Contraction of Morris; Mors, the name 
of a large island in Denmark, a marsh. 
Anthony, shoemaker, b. Eng. 1606, 
came from Marlborough, Wiltshire, 
England, and was freeman Boston, 
Mass., 1636. 

Christopher, mariner, at Boston, Mass., 
1662. 

Ezra, was at Dedham, Mass., 1639. 
Francis, resident of Boston, Mass., 1667. 
John, at Charlestown, Mass., 1637, re- 
moved next year to Ipswich, Mass. 
John, tailor, at Boston, Mass., where he 
married 1652. 

Joseph, b. Eng. 1587, came from County- 
Suffolk, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass.; pr~ 
prietor 1637. 

Robert, brother of Anthony, at Boston, 
M >..1644; lived at Rowley, Mass., re¬ 
moved to N. J. 

Samuel, son of Rev. Thomas M., of 
Foxearth, County Essex, Eng., b. 1585; 
came to Watertown, Mass., 1635, was at 
Dedham, Mass., 1636, and Medford, 
Mass., 1640. 

William, shoemaker, brother of An¬ 
thony, came from Marlborough, Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., to Boston, Mass.; settled 
1635 at Newbury, Mass. 

MORTIMER, MORTIMORE, MALTIMORE 
One of ancient names of England traced 
to Roger DeMortimer, a relative of 
William the Conqueror. He was at 
battle of Hastings, and became Baron of 
Wigmore, Castle Herefordshire. 

Edward, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1674. 

Richard, brother of preceding, resident 
of Boston, Mass., 1664. 

Thomas, constable at New London, 
Conn., 1680. 


MORTON 

From parish Morton, in Nithsdale, Dum¬ 
friesshire, Scotland. From Gaelic mor, 
big, great; and dun or ton, a hill. The 
earliest records of the family is in Dau- 
' phine, France, where the Comtes and 
Marquieses Morton de Chabrillon occu¬ 
pied many important positions. In Bat¬ 
tle Abbey Roll and Doomesday Book 
appears the name of Robert, Comte de 
Mortain, half-brother of William the 
Conqueror, who became founder of the 
English family. 

Charles, son of Rev. Nicholas M., de¬ 
scended of ancient family of Notting¬ 
hamshire, b. Cornwall, Eng., 1626; came 
to Boston, Mass., 1686; chosen first vice- 
president of Harvard College. 

George, merchant, b. Austerfield, York¬ 
shire, Eng., 1585, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1623, died following year. 

John, resident of Boston, Mass., 1649. 
John, at Salem, Mass., 1668. 

Richard, blacksmith, freeman at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1669, removed to Hatfield, 
Mass., 1670. 

Thomas, brother of George, came to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1623; one of original 
purchasers of Dartmouth, Mass., 1652. 
Thomas, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1621, 
soon returned to England. 

Thomas, pettifogger, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., settled plantation of Merry 
Mount, 1622, sent back to England 1628. 
William, one of first settlers of New 
London, Conn., 1646. 

William, freeman at Windsor, Conn., 
1646. 

MOSELEY, see Maudsley 
MOSES 

Henry, married at Salem, Mass., 1659. 
James, of Scotch descent, b. Eng. about 
1615, settled at Portsmouth, N. H., 1639. 
John, married at Windsor, Conn., 1647. 
John, shipwright, Welsh descent, came 
to Plymouth, Mass., 1632. 

MOSHER, MORSHER, MOSIER 

Arthur, resident Boston, Mass., 1678. 
Hugh, came to Boston, Mass., 1632, set¬ 
tled at Salem, Mass., removed to New¬ 
port, R. I., 1661, afterwards at Wester¬ 
ly, R. I. 

MOSMAN 

James, of Scotch ancestry, b. Eng. 1626, 
was at Wrentham, Mass., 1667; removed 
to Roxbury, Mass., 1679. 

MOSS 

John, b. Eng. 1604, signed original com¬ 
pact New Haven, Conn., 1639. 


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John, married Woburn, Mass., 1686. 
Joseph, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1665. 
MOTT 

French word signifying a round artifi¬ 
cial hill. 

Adam, tailor, b. Eng. 1596, admitted 
freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1636; later at 
Hingham, Mass.; at Portsmouth, R. I., 
1638. 

Nathaniel, able to bear arms at Scitu- 
ate, Mass., 1643; removed Braintree, 
Mass., 1656. 

MOULD 

Hugh, shipbuilder, at Barnstable, Mass.; 
married New London, Conn., 1662. 
Samuel, resident of Charlestown, Mass., 
1689. 

MOULDER 

Edward, merchant, Quaker, Boston, 
Mass., 1671. 

MOULTHROP, MOULTROP 

Matthew, resident of New Haven, 
Conn., 1639. 

MOULTON 

Place name from small town in Devon¬ 
shire, England. First of name in Eng¬ 
land was Sir Thomas de Moulton, who 
came with William the Conqueror, and 
was rewarded with great tracts of lands 
in Lincolnshire, for bravery at the bat¬ 
tle of Hastings. 

Jacob, at Charlestown, Mass., 1663. 
James, joined church at Salem, Mass., 
1637, was at Wenham, Mass., 1667. 
John, husbandman, came from Ormsby 
near Great Yarmouth, County Norfolk; 
b. 1599, came to Newbury, Mass., 1637, 
removed to Hampton, N. H., 1639. 
John, resident of Salem, Mass., before 
1692. 

Robert, shipbuilder, came to Salem, 
Mass., 1629, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1631, returned to Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Robert, married at Salem, Mass., 1672. 
Thomas, brother of first Robert, lived 
on Malden side of Charlestown, Mass., 
1631. 

Thomas, b. Eng. about 1614, came to 
Newbury, Mass., 1637, removed to 
Hampton, N. H., 1639, afterwards to 
York, Maine, 1654. 

William, brother of preceding, b. Orms¬ 
by, County Norfolk, Eng., about 1617; 
came to N. E. 1637, located at Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1639. 

MOUNTAIN 

A name of place. 

Richard, joined church at Boston, Mass., 
1646. 


MOUNTFORT, MUNFORD, MUMFORD 
Benjamin, merchant, b. Eng. 1645, came 
from London, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 

1675- 

Ebenezer, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1676. 

Edmund, tailor, at Boston, Mass., 1664. 
Henry, brother of preceding, at Boston, 
Mass., before 1688. 

John, took oath of allegiance at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1671. 

William, mason, Boston, Mass., 1671. 
MOUNTJOY, MUNJOY 

A name adopted by one of the crusaders 
from a place near Jerusalem. It was 
from Mount-Joye the pilgrims first view¬ 
ed that city, and it is described as 
a “full fair place and a delicyous.” Some 
religious houses in England had their 
Mountjoys, a name given to eminences 
where the first view of the sacred edi¬ 
fice was obtained. This name is still re¬ 
tained in a division of the Hundred of 
Battel, not far from the remains of the 
majestic pile reared by William the Con¬ 
queror. Boyer defines Mont-Joie as a 
heap of stones made by a French army 
as monument of victory. 

Benjamin, mariner, died at Salem, 
Mass., 1659. 

George, master marine, brother of pre¬ 
ceding, son of John of Abbotsham, near 
Biddeford, Devonshire, Eng., freeman 
at Boston, Mass., 1647, removed to Cas¬ 
co, Maine, 1659. 

Walter, at Marblehead, Mass., 1668, 
afterwards Salem, Mass., 1672. 

MOUSALL 

John, freeman at Charlestown, Mass., 
1634, removed to Woburn, Mass. 

Ralph, brother of preceding, one of 
founders of church at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1630. 

MOUSSETT 

Thomas, a Huguenot at Boston, Mass., 
1687, removed to Braintree, Mass. 

MOWER 

Richard, mariner, b. Eng. 1615, came 
to N. E. 1635; was at Salem, Mass., 
1638. 

MOWRY 

John, b. Eng. 1616, came from London, 
Eng., to N. E. 1635; was at Providence, 
R. I., 1676. 

Nathaniel, b. Eng. about 1644, an 
early settler at Smithfield, R. I. 

Roger, first at Plymouth, Mass.; made 
freeman 1631, soon after removed to 
Salem, Mass.; 1643 to Providence, R. I. 


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V 


110 X 0 N 

The son of Maggie or Margaret. 
George, from Yorkshire, Eng., first 
minister at Springfield, Mass., 1637, com¬ 
ing there from Dorchester, Mass. 
MOYSE 

Joseph, resident of Salisbury, Mass., 

1655. 

MUDGE 

Jervis, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1643. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, b. Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., 1624, was at Malden, Mass., 
1657. 

MUDGET, MUDGETT 

Thomas, shipwright, at Lynn, Mass., 
became resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
1665. 

MULLERY 

John, at Boston, Mass., 1672. 
MULLIGAN, MULLECilN, MULLEKIN 

From Gaelic mullechean, the top or sum¬ 
mit, a height. 

Hugh, member of Scots Charitable 
Society, Boston, Mass., 1684. 

Robert, brother of preceding, at Row- 
ley, Mass., 1688. 

MULLINER 

Thomas, at New Haven, Conn., 1640, 
granted land at Branford, Conn., 1646. 
MULLINS, MOLINES 

From French DeMoulin, from the mill. 
William, Mayflower passenger, died 
1621. 

William, married at Boston, Mass., 

1656. 

MUMFORD 

Name the same as Montford, from Lat¬ 
in De Monte Forte, that is, frotn strong 
or fortified hill or mountain. 

Edmund, married at Boston, Mass., 1663. 
Stephen, minister, came from London, 
Eng., to Newport, R. I., 1664, first 

preacher of Seventh Day Baptists in 
R. I. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1625, came to New¬ 
port, R. I., 1655 removed Portsmouth, 
R. I. 

MUN, MUNN 

A familiar abbreviation of Edmund. 
Benjamin, at Hartford, Conn., 1637, re¬ 
moved to Springfield, Mass., 1649. 
Daniel, resident of Milford, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1666. 

Samuel, wheelwright, living at Wood¬ 
bury, Conn., 1680. 

MUNDAY, MONDAY 

Derived from Abbey of Mondaye, in 
Dukedom of Normandy. 


William, came to N. E. 1634, early set 
tier at Salisbury, Mass. 

MUNDEN 

Abraham, married at Springfield, Mass., 
1644. 

MUNGER 

Nicholas, married at Guilford, Conn., 

1659- 

MUNNINGS, MULLINGS 

Edmund, b. Eng. 1595, came to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635 5 returned England 1658. 
George, b. Eng. 1597, came from Ips¬ 
wich, County Suffolk, Eng., to Water- 
town, Mass., 1634; original proprietor 
of Sudbury, Mass.; resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1645. 

MUNROE, MUNRO, MONROE 

William, b. Scotland 1625, came from 
London, Eng., to Lexington, Mass., 
1651. 

MUNSELL 

A local name from Monsall, a dale of 
Derbyshire, Eng., or a person originally 
from Mansle, France. 

Thomas, b. Eng. about 1650, on record 
at New London, Conn., 1681. 
MUNSON, MONSON 

Richard, sea captain, of Scotch descent, 
at Portsmouth, N. H., 1661. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1612; at Hartford, 
Conn., 1637, removed to New Haven, 
Conn. 

MUNT, MOUNT 

Thomas, mason, at Boston, Mass., 1635. 
MURDOCK 

Robert, b. Scotland, about 1665; settled 
Plymouth, Mass., 1688, resident of Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1692. 

MURPHY 

Byron, Irishman, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1661. 

MURRAY, MURRY, MORAY 

De Moravia, a family of warlike peo¬ 
ple called Moravii, who came from Ger¬ 
many to Scotland and affixed their own 
nomenclature to district now called the 
shire of Moray. The root of the name 
in both Moravian or Gaelic signifies the 
great water, from mor, great, and an or 
av, water. 

James, was at Dover, N. H., 1658. 
Jonathan, came to Conn., 1680. 
MUSGRAVE, MUSGROVE 

The King’s falconer, from the Saxon 
metis, the place where the hawks were 
kept; and grave, keeper. 

Jabez, at Concord, Mass., 1649; a resi¬ 
dent of Newbury, Mass., 1680. 


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HUSSELWHITE 

John, laborer, came from Longford, 
near Salisbury, Wiltshire, Eng., to N. 
E. 1635; freeman at Ipswich, Mass., 
1639. 

HUSSEY, MUZZEY 

Esther, widow, settled at Cambridge, 
Mass., 1633; married, 1635, William 
Rusco or Resure. 

John, at Ipswich, Mass., 1635, removed 
to Salisbury, Mass., where he died 1690. 
Robert, one of first settlers at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1644. 

Thomas, inhabitant of Maine, 1663-81. 
MUSSILLOWAY 

Daniel, Irishman, at Newbury, Mass., 
1665. 

MYCALL 

James, married, at Braintree, Mass., 

1657. 

MYGATE, MYGATT 

Joseph, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 
1635, removed next year to Hartford, 
Conn. 

MYLAM, MILAM 

Humphrey, cooper, resident of Boston, 
Mass., 1648. 

MYLES 

John, from Swansea, Wales, joined 
church at Rehoboth, Mass., 1663, re¬ 
moved to Swansea, Mass., 1667. 
MYRICK, see Mirick 
NALY 

Richard, disfranchised as Quaker, Kit- 
tery, Maine, 1669. 

NANEY, NANNY 

Robert, merchant, b. Eng. 1613, first at 
Dover, N. H., 1635, afterwards Saco, 
Maine; resident Boston, Mass., 1652. 
NARRAMORE 

Richard, shipmaster, in Mass. 1687. 
Thomas, fisherman, Dorchester, Mass., 
1664, removed Boston, Mass., 1681. 
NASEI 

Supposed to be corruption of atten-ash, 
at the Ash; Naish, a place near Bristol, 
England. In Gaelic, naisg, made fast 
bound, protected; probably an old for¬ 
tress or watch-tower. 

Edward, at Norwalk, Conn., 1654. 
Gregory, came to Charlestown, Mass., 
1630, died following year. 

Isaac, at Dover, N. H., 1657, removed 
York, Maine, where he died 1662. 
James, settled at Weymouth, Mass., 
1638. 

John, at Newbury, Mass., 1652; Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1660. 


John, cooper, married at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1667. 

Joseph, at Weymouth, Mass., 1674, re¬ 
moved Boston, Mass., 1678. 

Joshua, married, Boston, Mass., 1659. 
Samuel, b. Eng. 1593; at Plymouth, 
Mass., 1632, removing to Duxbury, 
Mass., 1643. 

Thomas, came to N. E. 1637; at New 
Haven, Conn., 1640. 

NASON 

Joseph, at Dover, N. H., 1671. 

Richard, son of John N., b. Stratford, 
on-Avon, Eng.; bapt. 1606; at Kittery, 
Maine, 1639. 

NAYLOR 

A maker of nails. 

Edward, merchant, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1665. 

NAZITER 

Michael, at Saco, Maine, 1666. 

NEAL 

In Cornish British, signifies power, 
might; that is, the powerful, or mighty. 
Neul or nial in the Gaelic signifies a 
cloud or hue, figuratively, a dark com¬ 
plexion. 

Andrew, taverner, at Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1664. 

Edward, at Weymouth, Mass., 1662, re¬ 
moved to Westfield, Mass. 

Francis, married at Falmouth, Maine, 
before 1693. 

Henry, at Braintree, Mass., 1640. 

John, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1642. 
Walter, came to Portsmouth, N. H., ai 
governor of Gorges and Mason pat¬ 
ent ; returned to England 1633. 
NEEDHAM 

A local surname from Needham, a mar¬ 
ket town in County Suffolk, Eng., the 
village of cattle. From Saxon neat, 
Danish nod, a herd, and ham, a village. 
In another sense it may denote the clears 
fair town. 

Anthony, b. Eng. 1628, married at Sa* 
lem, Mass., 1655. 

Edmund, at Lynn, Mass., 1639; one of 
grantees of Southampton, L. I., 1640, 
died at Lynn, Mass., 1677. 

John, at Boston, Mass., 1679. 

Nicholas, signer original compact at 
Exeter, N. H., 1638. 

William, at Newport, R. I., 1638; free¬ 
man Braintree, Mass., 1648; no male 
issue. 

NEFF 

From French naif, artless, candid; nef 


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a water-mill; the nave of a church. 
William, at Newbury, Mass., removed 
Haverhill, Mass., where he married, 
1665. 

NEGUS, NEGOS 

Benjamin, shopkeeper, Boston, Mass., 
before 1640. 

Isaac, cooper, Taunton, Mass., 1675. 

, Jabez, carpenter, freeman, Boston, Mass., 
1691. 

Jonathan, at Lynn, Mass., 1630; free¬ 
man Boston, Mass., 1634. 

> NEIGHBORS, NABORS 

James, cooper, Boston, Mass., before 
1657; at Huntington, L. I., where he 
died. 

NELSON 

The name of Scandenavian origin and 
derived from Nierson, meaning son of 
Niles, and in Scotch form meant the 
son of Neil. 

John, son of William N. and nephew of 
Sir Thomas Temple, captain of Artil¬ 
lery Company, Boston, Mass., 1680. 
Matthew, resident Portsmouth, N. H., 
1684. 

Thomas, came from Yorkshire, Eng., 
was one of founders of Rowley, Mass., 
1638; returned to England, where he 
died 1643. 

William, married at Plymouth, Mass., 
1640. 

NEST 

Joseph, at New London, Conn., 1678. 
NETHERLAND 

William, freeman Boston, Mass., 1635. 
NETTLETON 

Samuel, came to Milford, Conn., 1639, 
settled at Branford, Conn.; died Fair- 
field, Conn., 1655. 

'"NEVERS 

Richard, at Woburn, Mass., before 1689. 
NEVISON 

Nevin, from Gaelic naomh, holy, sacred, 
consecrated. The Welsh nef, heaven; 
nefanedig, heaven born; nefddawn, 
heaven-gifted. Nevison the son of Nev¬ 
in. 

John, son Rev. Roger N., came from 
East Horsley, County Surrey, Eng., to 
N. E. 1668; at Watertown, Mass., 1670. 
NEWBERRY, NEWBURY 

A place in Berkshire, England, raised 
out of the ruins of an old town called 
Spingham. In Saxon, Newtown. The 
earliest known lineage is Torf, Seig¬ 
neur de Torville, born A. D. 920. 
Richard, freeman Weymouth, Mass., 
1645, removed Malden, Mass., 1660. 


Thomas, Bapt. Eng. 1594; lived at 
Marshwood, Dorsetshire, Eng., came to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630, died 1635. 
Walter, married, Newport, R. I., 1675. 
NEWBY 

George, at Boston, Mass., before 1680. 
NEWCOMB 

Surname of Saxon origin, and comes 
from New, with its modern significance, 
and combe, a low situation, a vale be¬ 
tween two hills. The English family 
traced to Hugh Newcome of Saltfleetly, 
County Lincoln, Eng., reign of Richard 
II. 

Andrew, shipmaster, mariner, married at 
Boston, Mass., 1664. 

Francis, b. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 
Eng., 1605, came to Boston, Mass., 1635, 
settled at Braintree, Mass., 1638, later 
removed to what is now Quincy, Mass. 
NEWCOMEN 

Elias, constable Isle of Shoals, N. H., 
1650. 

NEWELL 

Johannis de Nova Auia, otherwise 
John de Newehall, built a manor house 
in County Norfolk, England. 

Abraham, b. Eng. 1584, came from Ips* 
wich, Eng., to Roxbury, Mass., 1634. 
Andrew, merchant at Charlestown, 
Mass., before 1684. 

John, married, Charlestown, Mass., 1665. 
Joseph, resident Charlestown, Mass., be- 
before 1681. 

Thomas, b. Hertfordshire, Eng.; at 
Hartford, Conn.; original settler Farm¬ 
ington, Conn., 1640. 

NEWGROVE 

John, at Dover, N. H., 1648. 
NEWHALL 

Same derivation as Newell. 

Anthony, at Lynn, Mass., 1636, died 
there 1657. 

Joseph, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1690. 
Thomas, brother of Andrew, came to 
Lynn, Mass., 1630. 

Thomas, resident Malden, Mass., before 
1687. 

NEWLAND 

Anthony, resident Salisbury, Mass., 
1650, removed Taunton, Mass. 

Henry, resident Taunton, Mass., 1666. 
Jeremiah, at Taunton, Mass., 1657. 
William, at Lynn, Mass., before 1637; 
removed Sandwich, Mass., that year. 
NEWMAN 

Daniel, at Stamford, Conn., 1670. 
Francis, governor of New Haven Col¬ 
ony, at New Haven, Conn., 1638. 


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John, came to New England 1634, set¬ 
tled at Ipswich, Mass., at Wenham, 
Mass., 1690. 

Samuel, minister, son of Richard N. 
b. Banbury, Oxfordshire, Eng., bapt., 
1602, came to N. E. 1636; was year and 
half at Dorchester, Mass.; five years at 
Weymouth, Mass., and nineteen years 
at Rehoboth, Mass.; died 1663. 

Thomas, came N. E. 1634, at Ipswich, 
Mass., 1639. 

NEWMARCH 

John, at Ipswich, Mass., 1638, and Row- 
ley, Mass., 1645, returning to Ipswich 
1648. 

NEWPORT 

Richard, resident of Boston, Mass., 
1668. 

NEWTON 

Local, the name of several small towns 
in England—the new town. 

Anthony, at Dorchester, Mass., and 
Braintree, Mass., 1640, settled Lancaster, 
Mass., 1652. 

John, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1632. 
Richard, b. Eng. 1601, settled Sudbury, 
Mass., 1640, removed to Marlboro, now 
Southboro, Mass., 1647. 

Roger, son of Samuel, first minister, 
Farmington, Conn., b. Eng. 1620; at 
Hartford, Conn., 1636; was second min¬ 
ister at Milford, Conn., 1660. 

Thomas, one of first five settlers of 
Fairfield, Conn.; removed Newtown, 
L. I. 

Thomas, b. 1661; came from New 
Hampshire to Boston, Mass., 1688. 
WICHOLS 

The name is baptismal, signifying the 
son of Nicholas; found in Hundred 
Rolls as early as 1273. 

Adam, on record at New Haven, Conn., 
1645; removed Hartford, Conn., 1655, 
and to Hadley, Mass., 1661; freeman 
Boston, Mass., 1670. 

Allen, married, Barnstable, Mass., 1670. 
Cyprian, came from Witham, County 
Essex, Eng., freeman at Hartford, 
Conn., 1669. 

Francis, b. Eng. 1600, one of first sev¬ 
enteen settlers Stratford, Conn.; 1639, 
removed to province of New York. 
Hugh, married at Salem, Mass., 1694. 
James, married at Malden, Mass., 1660. 
John, at Greenwich, R. I., 1687. 
Mordecai, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1652. 

Nicholas, took oath of allegiance at 
Andover, Mass., 1678. 


Randolph, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
before 1643. 

Richard, settled at Ipswich, Mass., 
where admitted freeman 1648; removed 
to Reading, Mass. 

Robert, married at Watertown, Mass., 
1644, granted land at Casco Bay, Maine. 
Robert, at Saybrook, Conn., 1664-73. 
Thomas, at Hingham, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved to Scituate, Mass. 

Thomas, at Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, married, Malden, Mass., 1655, 
removed Salisbury, Mass. 

Thomas, settled at Newport, R. I., be¬ 
fore 1642. 

Thomas, resident Amesbury, Mass., 
1665. 

Walter, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1638. 

William, at Salem, Mass., 1638, granted 
land and removed New London, Conn., 

1655. 

William, proprietor Topsfield, Mass., 
1652, where he died 1694, aged upwards 
of 100 years. 

NICHOLSON 

Edmund, inhabitant Marblehead, Mass., 
1648. 

James, died Charlestown, Mass., 1668. 
John, resident Falmouth, Maine, 1675. 
Robert, at Falmouth, Maine, 1675. 
William, b. Norwich, Eng., 1604, came 
to Mass. 1637, lived at Boston, Water- 
town, Plymouth, Mass., removed Yar¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1643. 

NICK, NEEK 

Christopher, at Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

John, married at Lynn, Mass., 1676. 
William, brother of preceding, at Mar¬ 
blehead, Mass., 1674. 

NICKERSON 

William, weaver from Norwich, Eng., 
b. Eng. 1604, came first to Watertown, 
Mass., 1637, removed to Boston, Mass., 
soon after. 

William, married, Eastham, Mass., 1691. 
NICHOLSON 

Robert, at Scarborough, Maine, before 
1676. 

NIGHTINGALE 

Benjamin, at Braintree, Mass., 1689. 
William, b. Eng. 1637, settled at Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1660. 

NILES 

John, b. Wales, 1603, came to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1634; removed Braintree, 
Mass., 1636, freeman there 1647. 


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Jonathan, freeman Hull, Mass., 1680. 
NIMS 

The French name DeNismes is of 
Huguenot origin. 

Godfrey, on record Northampton, Mass., 
1667; removed to Deerfield, Mass., 1684. 
NIXON 

John, inhabitant, R. I., 1663. 

Matthew, at Salem, Mass., 1639. 

NOAKES, NOKES 

A corruption of atten oak “at the oak”; 
en was added to at when the following 
word began with a vowel as “John 
Atten Ash”—John Nash, that is, John 
at the Ash. Mr. John Nokes is a cele¬ 
brated personage in legal matters, as 
well as his constant antagonist Mr. 
John Styles (John at the Style). The 
names are so common that Jack Noakes 
and Tom Styles designate the rabble. 
Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1667. 
NOBLE 

Great, elevated, dignified. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1632, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1652, settled Springfield, Mass., 
1653, removed Westfield, Mass., 1669. 

NOCK 

Thomas, at Dover, N. H., 1655. 
NODDLE 

William, came in Winthrop’s fleet; 
drowned 1632. 

NORCROSS 

Jeremiah, b. London, Eng., before 1600; 
came to Watertown, Mass., 1638; re¬ 
turned England 1646, leaving sons Na¬ 
thaniel and Richard in N. E. 

NORCUT, NORCOTT 

Local name, the north-cot; as East- 
cott and Westcott. 

Daniel, at Boston, Mass., before 1635. 
William, married at Marshfield, Mass., 
1664. 

NORDEN 

Nathaniel, freeman Marblehead, Mass., 
1690. 

Samuel, shoemaker, brother of preced¬ 
ing; at Boston, Mass., 1651. 

NORMAN 

A native of Normandy, a northman. The 
inhabitants of Sweden, Denmark, and 
Norway were anciently so called. 

Hugh, married Plymouth, Mass., 1639, 
removed Yarmouth, Mass., before 1643. 
John, at Salem, Mass., 1631. 

Richard, brother of preceding, came 
from Dorchester, Eng., to N. E., 1626, 
and later settled at Salem, Mass. 
Thomas, living at Boston, Mass., 1674, 


removed Topsfield, Mass., where he was 
made freeman 1681. 

NORRIS 

Norroy, or North-King; a title given 
in England to the third King-at-arms. 
Norrie the French for a foster-child. 
Edward, minister, b. Eng. 1589, came to 
N. E. 1639, fourth minister at Salem, 
Mass., where he died 1659. 

Nicholas, b. Eng. about 1641, came at 
age of fourteen to N. E.; was at Hamp¬ 
den, N. H., 1663, afterwards at Exeter, 
N. H. 

Oliver, at Sandwich, Mass., 1691. 
NORTH 

John, born Eng. 1615 came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, one of first settlers of 
Farmington, Conn. 

Richard, one of first proprietors Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1640; removed Salem, 
Mass., before 1649. 

Thomas, at New Haven, Conn., 1644. 
Thomas, took oath of allegiance, Had¬ 
ley, Mass., 1678. 

NORTHAM 

A local name, the north house or vil¬ 
lage— north-ham. 

James, settled at Concord, Mass., 1640, 
removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 1644, 
to Hartford, Conn., 1655, where he died 
before 1662. 

NORTHCUT 

William, at Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
NORTHEND 

Ezekiel, b. Eng. about 1622, inhabitant 
Rowley, Mass., 1645. 

John, one of first settlers Wethersfield, 
Conn., removed Stamford, Conn. 
NORTHEY 

John, b. England about 1607; at Marble-, 
head, Mass., 1648; became a Quaker. 
NORTHROP, NORTHUP, NORTHOP 

A place in England; the North thorp 
or village. 

Joseph, came from Yorkshire, Eng., 
settled at New Haven, Conn., 1638; re¬ 
moved Milford, Conn., where he died 
1669. 

Stephen, at Providence, R. I., 1645, free¬ 
man, Kingstown, R. I., 1658. 

NORTON 

From Norton, a town in Yorkshire, Eng¬ 
land. The North-town. The name of 
French origin; ancestry traced to Le- 
Signeur de Norville, who came to Eng¬ 
land with William the Conqueror. The 
ancient seat of the family was at Sharp- 
enboro, now a mere hamlet, in Bedford¬ 
shire, England. 


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Francis, steward, sent by Mason to 
Portsmouth, N. H., 1631, removed to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1637. 

Francis, one of first settlers Wethers¬ 
field, Conn.; at Milford, Conn., 1660, 
thence removed New Haven, Conn., 

1662, where he was drowned 1667. 
George, carpenter, came with Higgison 
from London, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 
1629, removed Gloucester, Mass., 1641. 
Henry, at York, Maine, 1652, returned 
England 1657. 

James, resident New Haven, Conn., 1640. 
John, came Charlestown, Mass., 1629; 
removed York, Maine, leaving there 

1633. 

John, 'eminent divine, son of William 
N., of Bishop Stortford, County Herts, 
Eng., came to N. E. 1635, ordained Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1636. 

John, carpenter, b. Eng. 1637, at Salem, 
Mass., 1660. 

John, b. London, Eng., 1622, on record 
at Branford, Conn., 1646; removed Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1659; afterwards to Farm¬ 
ington, Conn. 

Joseph, b. Eng. about 1640, married at 
Salisbury, Mass., 1662. 

Nicholas, b. Eng. 1610, one of pioneers 
of Weymouth, Mass., 1639; removed to 
Martha’s Vineyard. 

Richard, cooper at Boston, Mass., 1648. 
Thomas, miller, a signer of first com¬ 
pact at Guilford, Conn., 1639. 

Thomas, resident of Salem, Mass., 1654. 
William, brother of Rev. John N., b. 
Eng. 1610, came from London, Eng., set¬ 
tled at Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 

NORWICH 

From city and seaport of Norwich, 
County Norfolk, England. The North- 
harbor, from North, and Wick, a har¬ 
bor or port. 

John, freeman Hingham, Mass., 1640. 
NORWOOD 

Francis, married at Gloucester, Mass., 

1663. 

NOSEWORTHY 

Robert, mariner Boston, Mass., 1675. 
NOTT 

From Saxon hnott, smooth, round, a 
nut. The name may have come from 
wearing the hair short and smooth. 
John, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1640. 
NOWELL, NORWELL 

From French word Noll, Christmas; a 
name given to a child born at that time. 
They came to England with William the 
Conqueror. Robert Nowell, bishop of 
the Orkneys in 12th century. 


George, blacksmith, resident Boston,, 
Mass., 1662. 

Increase, secretary of Mass. Bay Col¬ 
ony; b. Sheldon, Eng.,, 1593, came inn 
Winthrop’s fleet 1630, settled at Charles¬ 
town, Mass. 

Philip, mariner at Salem, Mass., drown¬ 
ed 1675. 

Robert, married at Salem, Mass., 1668L 
Thomas, early settler Windsor, Conn.;; 
no issue. 

NOYES, NOYCE, NOISE 

Noy an abbreviation for Noah. In Cora 4 - 
ish British, n,oi, a nephew, and noys„ 
night. The English family descended 
from William des Noyers, a military- 
commander under William the Conquer¬ 
or, the name being finally corrupted to 
Noyes. 

James, minister, son of Rev. William- 
N., b. Choulderton, County Wilts, 1608; 
second minister, Newbury, Mass., 1635, 
John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1676. 
Joseph, at Salisbury, Mass., 1640. 

Joseph, married at Charlestown, Mass,, 
1656. 

Nicholas, brother of Rev. James N.„ 
born about 1616, came to N. E. 1634, 
freeman Newbury, Mass., 1637. 

Peter, at Sudbury, Mass., 1639. 

Richard, resident Newbury, Mass., 1647- 
NUDD 

Thomas, son of Roger N., grandson of 
John N., b. Ormsby, Eng., 1629, came 
with stepfather Henry Dow, who set¬ 
tled at Hampton, N. H., 1643. 

NURSE, NOURSE 

Francis, b. Eng. 1618, settled Salens,. 
Mass., 1639. 

John, brother of preceding, married! 
at Salem, Mass., 1672. 

Samuel, brother of preceding, married,, 
Salem, Mass., 1677. 

NUTE 

James, sent by Mason to Dover, N. EL, 
1631. 

NUTT 

Miles, freeman Watertown, Mass., 1637. 
NUTTER 

Hatevil, b. Eng. 1603, one of founders 
of Dover, N. H., 1633. 

NUTTING 

John, married Woburn, Mass., 1650; re¬ 
moved to Groton, Mass.; at Chelmsford,, 
Mass., 1655. 

NYE 

The familiar abbreviation of Isaac 
among the Dutch. The Danish note, ex¬ 
act, precise, nice; ny, new, recently pro¬ 
duced. Love Nye the Danish ancestor 


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1316; Randolph Nye settled in Sussex, 
England, 1527. 

Benjamin, b. Bidlenden, County Kent, 
Eng., 1620, came to Lynn, Mass., 1635, 
removed to Sandwich, Mass., 1637. 
OAKES 

From a dwelling near the oaktrees. 
Edward, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 
1642. 

George, resident Lynn, Mass., 1654. 
Nathaniel, b. Wales, 1645, at Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1660-65 > at Marlboro, Mass., 
1686. 

Samuel, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Thomas, brother Edward, freeman Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1642. 

OAKMAN 

Samuel, at Scarborough, Maine, 1657. 
OBER, ORBEAR 

Richard, at Salem, Mass., 1668, removed 
Beverly, Mass., 1679. 

Thomas, at Watertown, Mass., 1649. 
OCKINGTON, OKINGTON 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1669. 
ODELL, ODLE 

The family is of ancient English ances¬ 
try, in later years located at Bedford¬ 
shire, England. 

Reginald, resident Boston, Mass., 1687. 
William, came to Concord, Mass., 1639, 
removed Southampton, L. I., 1642, soon 
afterwards Fairfield, Conn. 

ODIORNE 

John, b. Eng. about 1627, came to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1650. 

ODLIN, ODLYN, originally AUDLEY 

John, cutler or armorer, b. Eng. 1602, 
early settler, Boston, Mass.; disfran¬ 
chised as an antinomian 1637; died 1685. 
OFFITT (sometimes spelt Affitt) 

Thomas, at Roxbury, Mass., 1632, free¬ 
man 1633, removed Springfield, Mass., 
1635, and 1639 Milford, Conn., later res¬ 
ident of Stamford, Conn. 

OFFLEY 

David, member Artillery Company, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1638, removed Plymouth, 
Mass., 1643; returned Boston, Mass. 
Thomas, collector of port, Salem, Mass., 
1686-89. 

OFIELD 

Thomas, mariner, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1669. 

OGDEN 

From Saxon ock ,-oak tree, and den val¬ 
ley; the oak vale or shady valley. Og- 
duine in Gaelic signified a young man, 
from og, young, and duine, a man. 


Ogdyn in Welsh has the same significa¬ 
tion. 

John, was at Stamford, Conn., 1641, 
patentee Hempstead, L. I., 1644, resided 
at Southampton, L. I., 1656. Went to 
Elizabethtown, N. J., 1662. 

Richard, brother of preceding, came to 
N. E. 1641, was at Fairfield and Stam¬ 
ford, Conn., 1667. 

OGLEBY 

James, at Scarborough, Maine, 1676. 
OKEY 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1686. 
OLCOTT 

Thomas, merchant, original proprietor 
Hartford, Conn., 1636, died there 1654- 
55- 

OLD, OLDS 

The origin of the name is undoubtedly 
found in the nickname “The Old.” The 
early ancestor of the English family that 
is known by the records was Roger 
Wold, a thane of Yolthrope, Yorkshire, 
where he lived on his estate, 1189-99. In 
sixteenth century, name became Olde. 
Robert, son of John, and of fifteenth 
generation from Roger Wold, was b. 
Sherborne, Dorsetshire, Eng., 1645; is 
recorded at Windsor, Conn., 1667, and 
was granted, under the title of Dr. Ould 
in 1670, fifty acres of land at Suffield, 
Conn., being one of first five proprietors 
of town. 

OLDAGE, OLDIGE, OLDRIDGE 

Richard, at Dorchester, Mass., went to 
Windsor, Conn., before 1640; no male 
issue. 

OLDEN 

John, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1668. 
OLDHAM 

John, Indian trader, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1623, removed Nantasket and 
Cape Ann, Mass.; freeman Watertown, 
Mass., 1631. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, came to 
N. E. 1635; was at Duxbury, Mass., 
1643, afterwards at Scituate, Mass. 

OLIN 

A name of French origin from Olinville, 
near Rouen, France. 

John, came from Wales, to West Green¬ 
wich, R. I., 1678. 

OLIVER 

So named from the olive-tree, an em¬ 
blem of peace. 

David, took oath of allegiance at Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

John, at Boston, Mass., 1632, freeman 
Newbury, Mass., 1640. 


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John, member of first church at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1683. 

Joseph, at Scarborough, Maine, 1676. 
Richard, at Salem, Mass., 1668; at Mon- 
hegan, Maine, 1674. 

Thomas, son of John O., grandson of 
Thomas of Bristol, Eng., b. 1568, one of 
founders of First Church of Boston, 
1632. 

Thomas, calendar, b. England 1601, 
came from Norwich, Eng., to Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, inhabitant Fairfield, Conn., 
1660-70. 

•OLM STEAD 

A place or town by the green oaks, from 
holm, an oak, and stead, a place. Holme, 
low lands on a river, an island. 

James, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 1632, 
removed to Hartford, Conn., 1636. 

John, surgeon, nephew of the preced¬ 
ing, at Hartford, Conn., 1640; removed 
Saybrook, Conn., and 1660 Norwalk, 
Conn.; no issue. 

Richard, nephew of James, original pro¬ 
prietor at Hartford, Conn. 

OLNEY 

Thomas, shoemaker, b. St. Albans, 
Hertfordshire, Eng., 1600, came to Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1635; to Providence, R. I., 
1638. 

ONGE 

Francis, came from Bristol, England, to 
Watertown, Mass., 1631; died in a few 
years. 

ONION 

John, at Braintree, Mass., 1640. 

Robert, b. Eng. 1609, came to Roxbury, 
Mass., 1635. 

ONTHANK, UNTHANK 

Christopher, freeman Warwick, R. I., 

1655. 

ORCHARD 

An inclosure of fruit-trees Orcheard, 
a Gaelic word meaning a goldsmith. 
Robert, merchant, Boston, Mass., 1668. 
ORCUTT 

William, at Weymouth, Mass., 1664, 
removed Scituate, Mass., 1669, after¬ 
wards to Bridgewater, Mass. 
ORDWAY 

Abner, inhabitant Watertown, Mass., 
1643, afterwards Wenham, Mass., and 
1659-60 at Rowley, Mass. 

James, brother of preceding, b. Wales, 
1620; at Dover, N. H.; removed to New¬ 
bury, Mass., where he married, 1648. 
Samuel, inhabitant Newbury, Mass., 
1680. 


ORME, ORMES 

From French, signifying an elm-tree. 
John, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1656. 
Richard, resident Boston, Mass., 1682. 
ORMSBY, ORMSBEE 

From orme, an elm, and by, a town; 
name of place surrounded by elms. 
Edward, son of Ann O. (a widow) ; at 
Boston, Mass., 1634, removed Dedham, 
Mass., 1639. 

Richard, b. Eng. 1608, recorded at Saco, 
Maine, 1641; removed Salisbury, Mass. 
ORRIS, ORIS, ORRICE 

George, blacksmith, b. Eng. 1614, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1635. 

ORTON 

Thomas, married, Windsor, Conn., 1641. 
Thomas, at Charlestown, Mass., 1642. 
ORVIS, ORVICE 

Urfhas in the Gaelic signified fair off¬ 
spring. Arvos, Cornish British, a place 
on or near an entrenchment, from ar 
and foss. 

George, married at Farmington, Conn., 
1652. 

OSBORN, OSBURN 

From Saxon hus, a home, and beame, 
a child; a family-child, an adopted child. 
Christopher, at Duxbury, Mass., 1638. 
James, married Springfield, Mass., 1646. 
Jeremiah, tanner, at New Haven, Conn., 
1642. 

John, inhabitant Braintree, Mass., 1641. 
John, living at Weymouth, Mass., 1640. 
John, married at Windsor, Conn., 1645. 
John, resident Boston, Mass., 1670. 
Nicholas, took oath of fidelity, Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

Richard, brother of Jeremiah, one of 
first settlers Hingham, Mass., 1635; re¬ 
moved New Haven, Conn., before 1640, 
thence to Fairfield, Conn., 1653. 
Thomas, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1648. 

Thomas, brother of Richard, at New 
Haven, Conn., 1639; removed East 
Hampton, L. I., 1650. 

William, merchant, of a Yorkshire 
family, came to Salem, Mass., 1630; re¬ 
moved Dorchester, Mass., 1642, after¬ 
wards Braintree, Mass., finally to Provi¬ 
dence, R. I. 

William, inhabitant Braintree, Mass., 
1650. 

William, died at New Haven, Conn., 
1662. 


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OSGOOD 

From the Saxon os, and a root word 
implicative of Deity. 

Christopher, b. Eng. about 1600, settled 
at Ipswich, Mass., 1633-34. 

John, brother of preceding, b. Wher- 
will, Hampshire, Eng., 1595, settled Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., removed to Newbury, Mass., 
where made freeman 1639, and before 
1645 to Andover, Mass. 

William, carpenter and millwright, 
brother of preceding, b. Eng. 1605, pro¬ 
prietor at Salisbury, Mass., 1640. 
OSLAND 

Humphrey, married at Newton, Mass., 

1667. 

OTIS 

From Greek wrog, the genitive singular 
ove, the ear, a name given for quick 
hearing. 

John, son of Richard O., b. Glastonbury, 
County Somerset, Eng., 1581; settled 
Hingham, Mass., 1635; removed Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1653. 

Richard, son of Stephen O., an elder 
brother of preceding, b. Glastonbury, 
Eng., was at Boston, Mass., 1655, re¬ 
moved to Dover, N. H., 1656. 

OTLEY 

Abraham, inhabitant Lynn, Mass., 1641. 
Adam, brother of preceding, at Lynn, 
Mass., 1641. 

OTWAY 

John, owned land Lynn, Mass., 1657. 
William, at Taunton, Mass., 1654. 
OVERMAN 

Thomas, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1671. 
OVIAT, OVIETT 

Thomas, at Milford, Conn., 1665. 
OWEN 

From Celtic, signifying the good off¬ 
spring. Oen, Welsh, and Gaelic uam, 
a lamb. 

John, b. Wales 1634, settled at Windsor, 
Conn., 1645. 

Samuel, innkeeper, b. Wales, 1651, mar¬ 
ried at Springfield, Mass., 1681, removed 
to Brookfield, Mass., 1688. 

Thomas, member Artillery Company, 
Boston, Mass., 1639. 

Timothy, died Marblehead, Mass., 1670. 
William, freeman Braintree, Mass., 

1657. 

OXENBRIDGE 

John, doctor and minister, son of Dan¬ 
iel O., b. Daventry, Northamptonshire, 
Eng., 1606, came to Boston, Mass., 1669. 

OXMAN 

William, b. Eng. 1633, at Salem, Mass., 

1668. 


PACEY, PACYE 

Nicholas, was at Salem, Mass., 1639. 
PACKARD 

Samuel, came from Wymondham, 
County Norfolk, Eng., to Weymouth, 
Mass., and was at Hingham, Mass., 1638, 
and 1660 removed to Bridgewater, Mass. 
PACKER 

George, at Portsmouth, R. I., 1655. 
John, resident of New London, Conn., 
1655. 

Thomas, living at Salem, Mass., before 
1685. 

Thomas, physician, came from London, 
Eng., to Portsmouth, N. H., 1686. 

PADDLEFORD, PADDLEFOOT 

Jonathan, married at Cambridge, Mass., 
1652. 

PADDOCK 

From the Old English, a meadow, croft 
or field; an enclosure in a park. 

Robert, settled at Plymouth, Mass., 
1634; a proprietor 1638. 

PADDY 

William, skinner, came from South¬ 
ampton, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635. 
He was of the guild of skinners of Lon¬ 
don and a liveryman of the metropolis. 
PADNER 

Ezekiel, inhabitant of Boston, Mass., 
1668. 

PAGE, PAIGE 

A name given to youths between seven 
and fourteen years of age while receiv¬ 
ing their education for Knighthood. 
English ancestor, John de Pagham 1151. 
Abraham, tailor, came from Great Bad- 
dow, County Essex, Eng., to Boston, 
Mass., 1654. 

Anthony, was at Dover, N. H., 1662-66. 
Benjamin, married at Haverhill, Mass., 
1666. 

Cornelius, brother of the preceding, 
resident Haverhill, Mass., 1677. 

Edward, cooper, inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., before 1653. 

George, married at Saco, Maine, 1653. 
George, at Branford, Conn., 1667. 
Henry, freeman, Hampton, N. H., 1666. 
Isaac, married at Boston, Mass., 1653. 
John, b. Eng., 1586, came in Winthrop’s 
fleet from Dedham, County Essex, Eng., 
settled Watertown, Mass. 

John, freeman, Dedham, Mass., 1640. 
John, was at Hingham, Mass., and 
signed petition to General Court 1645, 
removed to Haverhill, Mass., 1652. 
Afterwards at Saybrook, Conn., 1684. 
Joseph, married, Haverhill, Mass., 1669. 


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Nathaniel, was at Roxbury, Mass., 
1685, removed Billerica, Mass., 1688, 
original purchaser at Spencer and Lan¬ 
caster, Mass. 

Nichols, brother of the preceding, came 
from Plymouth, Devonshire, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., 1637. 

Onesiphorus, married at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1664. 

Robert, b. Ormsby, County Norfolk, 
Eng., 1604, came to Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas, tailor, b. Eng. 1607, came to 
Boston, Mass., from parish of all Saints 
Staynings, Marklane, London, Eng.; 
was at Saco, Maine, 1636, probably re¬ 
moved to Casco, Maine. 

PAINE 

The name originated from the Latin 
word pagamus, the intercedent of which 
was paugus or village. Some authori¬ 
ties claim it is from French paon, a pea¬ 
cock, also from payne, a pagan, unbap¬ 
tized ; a rustic. 

Anthony, received as inhabitant at 
Portsmouth, R. I., 1638. 

Edward, at Lynn, Mass., 1637; Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1638, removed to Exeter 
or Dover, N. H., 1643, returned to Eng¬ 
land, 1649. 

James, at Newport, R. I., 1660. 

John, died at Middletown, Conn., 1681. 
Moses, freeman, Braintree, Mass., 1641., 
Philip, married, New Haven, Conn., 

1679. 

Robert, treasurer of Essex County, 
Mass., b. County Suffolk, Eng., 1601, 
freeman Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 

Samuel, resident Boston, Mass., 1670. 
Stephen, came from Great Ellingham, 
County Norfolk, Eng., to Hingham, 
Mass., 1638, removed Rehoboth, Mass., 
1645. 

Stephen, married, Dedham, Mass., 1652. 
Stephen, freeman at Charlestown, or 
Malden, Mass., 1665. 

Thomas, weaver, b. Eng. 1587, came 
from Wrentham, County Suffolk, Eng., 
to Salem, Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, came to Plymouth, Mass., free¬ 
man Yarmouth, Mass., 1639, first deputy 
to the General Court from that town. 
Thomas, married, Boston, Mass., 1659. 
Thomas, swore allegiance York, Maine, 

1680. 

Thomas, captain of a privateer, resi¬ 
dent of Newport, R. I., 1683. 

Tobias, came from Jamaica to Boston, 
Mass., where he married 1665. 


William, b. Eng. 1598, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 1635, 
removed to Ipswich, Mass., died at Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1660. 

William, shoemaker, b. Eng. 1620, came 
to Salem, Mass., 1635. 

PAINTER 

Thomas, came to Hingham, Mass., 1637, 
and in 1644 to Providence, R. I., thence 
in 1655 to Newport, R. I. One of first 
settlers of Westerly, R. I., 1669. 
William, sea captain and merchant, died 
Charlestown, Mass., 1666. 

PALFREY, PALFRY, PALFRAY 

John, came with his mother, who mar¬ 
ried George Willis, to Cambridge, Mass., 
where he married 1664. 

Peter, was at Salem, Mass., 1626, free¬ 
man 1630, removed to Reading, Mass., 
about 1639. 

PALGRAVE, PALSGRAVE 

Richard, physician, came from Step¬ 
ney, County Middlesex, Eng., to N. E. 
in Winthrop’s fleet, settled at Charles¬ 
town, Mass. 

PALMER 

A pilgrim so called from the palm 
branch which he constantly carried as a 
pledge of his having been to the Holy 
Land. 

Abraham, merchant, came Salem, Mass., 
1628, founder first church Charlestown, 
Mass., 1630. 

Edward, was at Boston, Mass., 1639, re¬ 
moved to Hampton, N. H. 

Ephraim, at Greenwich, R. I., 1672. 
George, wine cooper, member artillery 
company, Boston, Mass., 1641, among 
freemen Warwick, R. I., 1655. 

Henry, freeman Newbury, Mass., 1642, 
removed Haverhill, Mass., Representa¬ 
tive from that town 1667. 

Henry, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1642. 
Henry, took oath of fidelity at Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

John, mariner, b. Eng. about .1600, came 
to Flingham, Mass., 1635, removed Scit- 
uate, Mass., 1639. 

John, b. England 1610, came from Ips¬ 
wich, Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., 1639. 
John, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1650, re¬ 
moved Hampton, N. H. 

John, carpenter, freeman Boston, Mass., 
1640, removed Rowley, Mass., 1647. 
John, brother of Henry, was at Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., afterwards Fairfield, 
Conn., freeman of Conn., 1657. 

John, at Pemaquid, Maine, before 1674. 


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John, married at Scarborough, Maine, 
1676, removed to Boston, Mass., 1680. 
John, resident Falmouth, Maine, 1689. 
Michael, an original signer of the plan¬ 
tation covenant Branford, Conn., 1667. 
Nicholas, early settler of Windsor, 
Conn., 1637. 

Richard, married Salem, Mass., 1672. 
Samuel, married Rehoboth, Mass., 1681. 
Samuel, freeman Rowley, Mass., 1684, 
afterwards at Salem, Mass. 

Thomas, resident Rowley, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, merchant, one of the founders 
Brattle Street Church, Boston, Mass. 
Timothy, living at Suffield, Conn., 1676. 
Walter, brother of Abraham, came from 
Nottinghamshire, Eng., to Charlestown, 
Mass., 1629, removed Rehoboth, Mass., 
1646, and to Stonington, Conn., 1653. 
William, came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1621, removed Duxbury, Mass., 1627. 
William, landowner at Great Ormsby, 
County Norfolk, Eng., came to Water- 
town, Mass., 1636, removed to Newbury, 
Mass., 1637, and to Hampton, N. H., 
1638. 

PALMERLY, PARMELEE 

John, b. Eng. 1615, came to N. E. 1635, 
at Guilford, Conn., 1639, New Havin, 
Conn., 1659. 

PALMES 

Edward, known as major, merchant at 
New Haven, Conn., 1659, removed next 
year New London, Conn. 

William, married Salem, Mass. 
PALMETER 

Nathaniel, at Killingworth, Conn., 
1667. 

PANTRY, PANTREE 

William, came to Cambridge, Mass., 
1634, one of original proprietors, Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1636. 

PAPILLANS, PAPILLON 

Peter, sea captain, resided at Boston, 
Mass., 1679. 

PARD 

Samuel, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1671. 
PARDEE 

George, tailor and schoolmaster, of 
French Huguenot ancestry, b. Eng. 1619, 
came to New Haven, Conn., 1638. 
PARDON 

William, freeman of Mass., 1645. 
PARENTS 

John, settled Haddam, Conn., 1662. 
PARIS, PARRIS 

Christopher, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 
1649. 


John, married, Braintree, Mass., 1664. 
Samuel, minister, son of Thomas P. of 
London, Eng., freeman Boston, Mass., 
1638, minister at Salem, Mass., now Dan¬ 
vers, Mass., 1689, afterwards at Stow, 
Watertown, Concord and Dunstable, 
Mass. 

Samuel, resident Boston, Mass., 1681. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, was 
at Boston, Mass., 1686. 

PARISH 

Thomas, physician, b. Eng. 1613, came 
to Cambridge, Mass., 1635, returned to 
Eng. 

PARK, PARKE, PARKS 

A piece of ground inclosed and stocked 
with deer and other beasts of chase. 
Edward, at Guilford, Conn., 1685. 

Jacob, was at Concord, Mass., 1657, af¬ 
terwards at Rowley, Mass. 

Richard, was proprietor at Cambridge, 
Mass., now Lexington, Mass., 1636. 
Robert, b. Preston, Eng., 1580, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1630, settled at Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1639, removed New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1649, and 1658 to Stoning¬ 
ton, Conn. 

PARKER 

The name is derived from the Latin 
word parcarius, meaning parkkeeper or 
shepherd. 

Abraham, b. Marlborough, Wiltshire, 
Eng., about 1612, married at Woburn, 
Mass., 1644, removed Chelmsford, MasSi, 

1653- 

Azrikam, mariner, at Boston, Mass., 
1662. 

Basil, recorder of the Province, was at 
York, Maine, 1649, died in 1651. 

Edmund, married Roxbury, Mass., 1647. 
Edward, settled at New Haven, Conn., 
1644. 

Elisha, married Barnstable, Mass., 1657. 
George, carpenter, b. Eng. 1612, came to 
N. E. 1635, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1638. 
Jacob, resident Chelmsford, Mass., 1654. 
Jacob, married Roxbury, Mass., 1687. 
James, minister and merchant, came to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630, removed to 
Weymouth, Mass., where he was repre¬ 
sentative 1639-43, thence to Portsmouth, 
N. H., finally to Barbadoes, died Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1666. 

James, b. Eng. 1618, came to N. E. 1640, 
taxpayer Woburn, Mass., 1645, a gran¬ 
tee of Billerica, Mass., 1654, removed 
Chelmsford, Mass., 1658, and to Groton, 
Mass., 1660. 


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John, carpenter, came from Marlbor¬ 
ough, Wiltshire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 
1635, afterwards at Muddy River now 
Brookline, Mass. 

John, at Saco, Maine, 1636, purchased 
Parker’s Island, now Georgetown, Maine, 
1650. 

John, inhabitant Hingham, Mass., 1636, 
afterwards removed Taunton, Mass. 
John, shoemaker, was at Boston, Mass., 
1644. 

John, at Woburn, Mass., 1653, removed 
to Billerica, Mass., where he was the 
first town clerk. 

John, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 1654. 
John, freeman York, Maine, 1652. 
John, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655. 
Joseph, tanner, owner of corn mill, b. 
Eng., 1614, came from Rumsey, Hants, 
Eng., in 1638, to Newbury, Mass., re¬ 
moved Andover, Mass., 1645. 

Joseph, married at Chelmsford, Mass., 
1655. 

Matthew, died Boston, Mass., 1652. 
Nathan, baker, brother of first Joseph, 
b. Eng. 1618, came to Newbury, Mass., 
1638, removed Andover, Mass., 1645. 
Nicholas, came to Roxbury, Mass., 

1633- 

Ralph, was at Gloucester, Mass., 1647, 
removed New London, Conn., 1651. 
Richard, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1638. 

Robert, butcher, came from Wiolpit near 
Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk, Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., 1634. 

Robert, married Barnstable, Mass., 1657. 
Samuel, at Hingham, Mass., 1638, owned 
land in Weymouth, Mass., 1682. 
Samuel, married Dedham, Mass., 1657. 
Thomas, minister, only son Rev. Rob¬ 
ert, b. Eng. 1595, came to Newbury, 
Mass., 1634, preached Ipswich, Mass., a 
year; returned Newbury, Mass., where 
he died a bachelor 1677. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1605, settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1635, made freeman 1637, re¬ 
moved in that year Reading, Mass. 
William, original proprietor Hartford, 
Conn., 1636, removed Saybrook, Conn. 
William, b. Eng. 1600, elder brother of 
John of Taunton, Mass., at Taunton, 
Mass., 1643. 

William, at Watertown, Mass., 1640. 
William, married at Scituate, Mass., 

1639- 

PARKHURST, PARKIS 

George, came from Ipswich, County Suf¬ 


folk, Eng., 1635, freeman Watertown, 
Mass., 1643, removed Boston, Mass., 
1645. 

PARKINSON 

William, at Dover, N. H., 1684. 
PARKMAN 

Derivation same as Parker. 

Elias, mariner, settled at Dorchester, 
Mass., 1633, freeman 1635, removed to 
Windsor, Conn., finally to Boston, Mass., 
1648. 

PARMENTER, PARMITER 

Trade name signifying tailor. In the 
Hundred Rolls, spelt in Latin William 
P armuntauas. 

Benjamin, granted land at Salem, Mass., 

1637. 

James, at Hull, Mass., 1669. 

John, of French Huguenot descent, b. 
Eng. 1588, settled Roxbury, Mass., re¬ 
moved to Watertown, Mass., 1638, one 
of first proprietors of Sudbury, Mass., 
1639. 

John, housewright, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1667. 

Robert, freeman Braintree, Mass., 1650. 
PARNELL 

From the Italian word Petronilla, pretty 
stone. A wanton, immodest girl. 

John, resident Dover, N. H., 1666-68. 
Thomas, swore fidelity to Mass, at 
Pemaquid, Maine. 

PARR 

Abel, freeman Boston, Mass., 1641. 
Samuel, resident, Salem, Mass., 1665. 
PARRIS 

Thomas, came to L. I., N. Y., 1663, lat¬ 
er removed to Boston, Mass., after¬ 
wards to Pembroke, Mass. 

PARROTT, PAROTE, PARRETT 

From Peraidd, Wales, the sweet or de¬ 
licious river now the Dee. 

Francis, freeman Rowley, Mass., 1640; 
town clerk fourteen years. 

John, b. Eng. 1675, settled Stratford, 
Conn., 1700. 

PARSONS 

The first founder of this family was 
probably a clerical character. The word 
is derived from the Latin Persona, the 
person who takes care of the souls of 
his parishioners. Walter Parsons lived 
at Mulso, Ireland, 1290. 

Benjamin, came from Torrington, 
Devonshire, Eng., with his elder broth¬ 
er Cornet Joseph P. to Boston, Mass., 
1635, removed Springfield, Mass., 1639. 
George, a resident Boston, Mass., 1667. 


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Hugh, married Springfield, Mass., 1645. 
Jeffrey, born Ashprington, Devonshire, 
Eng., 1631, settled at Gloucester, Mass., 

1654. 

Joseph, known as Cornet Joseph, elder 
brother of Benjamin, b. Eng. 1613, set¬ 
tled at Boston, Mass., 1635, removed to 
Springfield, Mass., 1645, Northampton, 
Mass., 1655. 

Joseph, resident Boston, Mass., 1685. 
Mark, living Kennebeck, Maine, 1665. 
Philip, one first settlers Enfield, Conn. 
Richard, freeman Windsor, Conn., 1640. 
Robert, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1639. 
Thomas, soldier Pequot War, 1637, re¬ 
sided Windsor, Conn. 

William, joiner, came from Southamp¬ 
ton, Eng., 1635, to Boston, Mass. 
PARTRIDGE. 

Alexander, came to Boston, Mass., 1645 ; 
removed R. I., living Newport, 1655. 
George, brother Rev. Ralph, resident 
Duxbury, Mass., 1636, proprietor Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1645, original proprietor 
Middleboro, Mass., 1662. 

John, brother William, b. Navesbock, 
Eng., 1620, married Medford, Mass., 

1655, later removed Dedham, Mass. 
Nathaniel, tailor, freeman Boston, 
Mass., 1643. 

Oliver, member of church, Dorchester, 
Mass., 1636. 

Ralph, first minister Duxbury, Mass., 
came from Sutton, County Kent, Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., 1636. 

William, son of John P. of Olney, Coun¬ 
ty of Bucks, Eng., freeman Salisbury, 
Mass., 1639. 

William, came from Berwick on Tweed, 
Eng., married Hartford, Conn., 1644. 
William, at Medfield, Mass., 1649, free¬ 
man 1653. 

PASCO 

Hugh, resident Salem, Mass., 1668. 
John, at Dorchester, Mass., 1685. 
PASMORE, PASMER, PASMERE 

Bartholomew, resident Boston, Mass., 
1641. 

James, located Concord, Mass., 1642. 
Richard, at Ipswich, Mass., 1674. 
William, living Boston, Mass., 1674. 
PATCH 

Edmund, farmer, bapt. 1597, son of Ni¬ 
cholas P. of the Parish Petherton, Som¬ 
erset, Eng.; settled Salem, Mass., 1637, 
one founders of Beverly, Mass. 

James, living on Beverly side, Salem, 
Mass., 1646. 


John, brother of preceding, freeman 
Beverly side, Salem, Mass., 1678. 
Nicholas, brother of Edmund, granted 
land Salem, Mass., 1639, one founders 
of Church Beverly, Mass., 1667. 
William, at Scituate, Mass., 1640. 
PATCHIN, PATCHING 

Joseph, married Roxbury, Mass., 1642, 
removed Fairfield, Conn., 1666. 
PATEFIELD, PEATFIELD 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1654. 

PATESHALL, PATTESHALL, PADDE- 
SHALL 

Edmund, swore fidelity to Mass.; Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

Richard, resident Boston, Mass., 1665. 
Richard, mariner, lived Boston, Mass., 
died Pemaquid, Maine, 1701. 

Robert, merchant, Boston, Mass., 1652, 
magistrate temporary, County Devon¬ 
shire, Maine, killed by Indians, Pema¬ 
quid, Maine, 1689. 

PATIE, PATTEE, PETTY, PATTY 

Sir William Pattee, English ancestor. 
Peter, b. Lansdowne, Eng., 1648, set¬ 
tled at Virginia 1669, located Haverhill, 
Mass., 1676-77. 

PATRICK 

From the Latin Patricius, noble, a sen¬ 
ator, the name of the tutelary saint of 
Ireland. 

Daniel, came in Winthrop’s fleet, free¬ 
man Watertown, Mass., 1631, removed 
to Conn., killed at Stamford, Conn., 
1643- 

William, resident Hartford, Conn., 
1645. 

PATTjEN 

Richard P., English ancestor, living near 
Chelmsford, County Essex, Eng., 1119. 
Nathaniel, at Dorchester, Mass., 1640, 
left no issue. 

Thomas, resident Salem, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, son of John, came from Bris¬ 
tol, Eng., to Boston, Mass., to settle his 
brother Nathaniel’s estate 1675, re¬ 
turned to Eng. 

William, settled Cambridge, Mass., 
1636. 

PATTERSON, PATTISON 

Scotch ancestry, the son of Patrick. 
Andrew, came from Hamilton, Scot¬ 
land, to Perth Amboy, N. J., finally to 
Stratford, Conn. 

Edward, b. Eng. 1602, at New Haven, 
Conn., 1639. 

Edward, carpenter, at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1643, removed Hingham, Mass., 1652, 
finally to Dover, N. H., 1657. 


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James, came from London, Eng., 1651, 
one of the followers in Scotland of 
Charles II, received land Billerica, 
Mass., freeman 1680. 

Peter, married Saybrook, Conn., 1678. 
William, merchant, at Boston, Mass., 
1665. 

PATTON 

William, first mentioned Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635. 

PAUL 

Signifies little, small, Latin Paulus. 
Benjamin, at New Haven, Conn., 1639. 
Daniel, shipbuilder, brother of preced¬ 
ing, came from Ipswich, Eng., to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1640, removed Kittery, 
Maine, 1648. 

John, married Malden, Mass., 1657. 
Richard, soldier, came Boston, Mass., 
1636, a proprietor Taunton, Mass., 1667. 
Samuel, married Dorchester, Mass., 
1667. 

Stephen, at Kittery, Maine, 1682. 
William, manufacturer, weaver, b. 
Scotland 1624, settled Taunton, Mass., 
1643. 

PAYSON 

Edward, b. County Norfolk, Eng., free¬ 
man Roxbury, Mass., 1640. 

Giles, b. Eng. 1609, brother of preced¬ 
ing, came from County Essex, Eng.; 
freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1637, removed 
Dorchester, Mass. 

PAYTON 

Bezaliel, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1642. 

Robert, at Lynn, Mass., 1639. 
PEABODY, PAYBODY, PABODIE 

The name is said to have originated in 
the year 61 during the reign of Nero. 
Queen Boadicea was located at Icena, 
Britain. She opposed the Romans in 
their invasion of the country and with 
her son Boadie, took refuge in the 
craggy heights of Wales. Boadie 
among the Cambri or Britons signifies 
a man or a great man, and Pea signifies 
a large hill, a mountain from which 
Boadie came to be called Peabodie or 
the Mountain Man which became the 
name of the tribe. In some branches of 
the family Boadie became anglicized to 
Mann, and Pea to hill. 

John, came to N. E. with his sons 
Francis and William 1635, settled at 
Plymouth, Mass., removed Duxbury, 
Mass., one of the original proprietors 
Bridgewater, Mass. 

William, at Little Compton, R. I., 


where he died in his 80th year 1744; his 
descendants spelt their name Pabodie. 
PEACH 

John, b. 1612, was at Salem, or Mar¬ 
blehead, Mass., 1648-79. 

PEACHE, PEACHY 

Thomas, Charlestown, Mass., 1678. 
PEACOCK 

Taken from the name of the well-known 
fowl; pea contracted from Latin pavo, 
Saxon pawa, French paon; a name giv¬ 
en for fondness of display 
John, at New Haven, Conn., 1638, re¬ 
moved next year Milford, Conn., re¬ 
moved Stratford, Conn., 1650, where he 
died 1670. 

Richard, glazier, freeman Roxbury, 
Mass., 1639. 

William, came as youth of 12 years in 
1635 to N. E., resident Roxbury, Mass., 
1652. 

PEAK 

Christopher, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 

1635. 

John, inhabitant Stratford, Conn., 1650. 
William, married Scituate, Mass., 1650, 
where he settled 1643. 

William, resident New London, Conn., 
1660. 

PEAKEN 

John, died New Haven, Conn., 1658. 
PEALE 

Daniel, inhabitant Marblehead, Mass., 

1651. 

PEARCE, see Pierce 
PEARSON, see Pierson 
PEASE 

The name is of German origin, the 
form being Pies or Pees, and authori¬ 
ties give its derivation from the pea- 
plant. 

Henry, came to Boston in Winthrop’s 
fleet 1630, died 1648. 

John, b. Eng. 1607, came from Great 
Baddow, County Essex, England, to 
Salem, Mass., 1634; granted land Mar¬ 
tha’s Vineyard 1646, proprietor Nor¬ 
wich, Conn., 1659. 

Robert, brother of preceding, son of 
Robert P. came with his brother to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1634, settled at Salem, Mass., 
1637. 

Samuel, commander of ship against 
pirates, was at Boston, Mass.; mortally 
wounded in Martha’s Vineyard Sound 
1689. 

PEASLEE 

Joseph, lay preacher and farmer, free¬ 
man Newbury, Mass., 1642, later re- 


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moved Haverhill 1645, and made free¬ 
man what is now Amesbury, Mass., 
1656. 

PEAT 

John, husbandman, b. 1597, came from 
Duffield parish, Derbyshire, Eng., set¬ 
tled in Strafford, Conn., where he died 
1678. 

PECK 

An English family of antiquity, the 
name being from medieval English word 
pek “the hul of the pek” meaning the 
hill of the peak in Derbyshire, another 
form of the name is Peak. The family 
first known in Hesden and Wakefield, 
Yorkshire; afterwards removed to Bee- 
cles, County Suffolk. The first authen¬ 
tic records mention John del Pek at 
London 1273. 

Henry, inhabitant New Haven, Conn., 
1638. 

Joseph, son of Robert P., XXI genera¬ 
tion from John del Pek, bapt. 1587, 
came from Beecles, County Suffolk, to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638, removed Reho- 
both, Mass., 1645. 

Joseph, brother of Henry, settled New 
Haven, Conn., 1643, removed Milford, 
Conn., 1649. 

Paul, b. County Essex, Eng., 1608, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1635, the following 
year removed Hartford, Conn. 

Richard, b. Eng. 1602, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635, after¬ 
wards Rehoboth, Mass. 

Robert, minister, brother of Joseph, 
came from Hingham, County Norfolk, 
Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

Thomas, shipwright, at Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

William, merchant, b. Eng. 1601, resi¬ 
dent of New Haven, Conn., 1639. 
PECKER 

James, b. Eng. 1622, inhabitant Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1658, removed Haverhill, 
Mass., 1663, afterwards Boston, Mass., 
1682. 

PECKHAM, PECKUM 

John, first on record Newport, R. I., 
1638. 

PEDRICK 

John, early settler Marblehead, Mass., 
first record 1674. 

PEEK 

George, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
PELHAM 

From the lordship of Pelham in Hert¬ 
fordshire, Eng., either from pede, a 
tower, castle; or from pool, a small lake, 
and ham, a village. 


Herbert, lawyer, came from Lincoln¬ 
shire, Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 1638,. 
granted land Salisbury, Mass., 1644, first 
treasurer Harvard College 1643, re¬ 
turned to England 1649. No male is¬ 
sue; his daughter Penelope married 
Governor Josiah Winslow. 

John, brother of preceding, b. Eng. 1615,. 
came from London, Eng., 1635, to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

William, brother of preceding, freeman' 
Boston, Mass., 1630, afterwards Sud¬ 
bury, Mass.; returned to England. 
PELL 

In the Welsh signifies far off, at a dis¬ 
tance. 

Joseph, butcher, freeman Lynn, Mass., 
1639, died Boston, Mass., 1650. 

Thomas, tailor, b. Eng. 1613, came Jo 
New Haven, Conn., 1635, removed Fair- 
field, Conn., where he was made free¬ 
man 1662. 

William, tallow chandler, freeman 
Boston, Mass., 1635. 

PELLETT, PELLATE 

From the French pelletier, a furrier, or 
skinner. 

Thomas, farmer, settled Concord, Mass.. 
1660. 

PELT 

John, b. Duffield parish, Eng., 1597, set¬ 
tled Stratford, Conn., 1635, where he 
died 1678. 

PELTON 

This was a commonplace name before 
the Norman Conquest. William The 
Conqueror according to the Domesday 
Book 1086, granted Peldon or Pelton 
Manor to William the Deacon; later the 
family took the name from the manor. 
The Pelton family lived in Northamp¬ 
tonshire, Wiltshire, Somersetshire and 
Buckshire. 

John, engaged in fishing business, came 
to Boston, Mass., 1630, removed Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1635. 

PEMBER 

Thomas, resided New London, Conn.,. 
1686. 

PEMBERTON 

James, came in Winthrop’s fleet, free¬ 
man Charlestown, Mass., 1630. 

James, freeman Newbury, Mass., 1646, 
removed Boston, Mass., 1652. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1634, re¬ 
moved Newbury, Mass. 

PEMBROKE 

Elkanah, one founders Brattle street 
Church, Boston, Mass., was at Dedham, 
Mass., 1643. 


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PENDALL 

William, shipwright, New London, 
Conn., 1676. 

PENDLETON 

The summit of a hill, from Gaelic pen- 
die, the summit, and dun, a hill. Pen- 
d alt on, the town at the head of the val¬ 
ley. 

Bryan or Brian, freeman Watertown, 
Mass., 1634, removed Sudbury, Mass., 
1638, thence to Ipswich, Mass.; 1676 was 
at Portsmouth, N. H. 

Caleb, resident Westerly, R. I., 1679. 
PENFIELD 

Samuel, married Lynn, Mass., 1650. 
Thomas, at Rehoboth, Mass., 1681. 
William, inhabitant Middletown, Conn., 
1663. 

PENGILLY 

John, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 1678, re¬ 
moved to Suffield, Conn., 1679. 
PENHALLOW 

Samuel, chief justice Supreme Court, b. 
St. Mabyn near Bodmin in Cornwall, 
Eng., 1665, arrived Charlestown, Mass., 
1686; married Portsmouth, N H., 1687. 
PENLEY 

Samson, living Falmouth, Maine, 1658. 
PENN 

From the Cornish British, the top of a 
hill, the head. 

James, came with Winthrop 1630, free¬ 
man Boston, Mass., 1630. 

William, passenger in Winthrop’s fleet 

1630, settled Braintree, Mass., in his 
later life resided Boston, Mass. 

PENNELL 

Walter, freeman Saco, Maine, 1653. 
Penniman, Pennyman 

From the Welsh Pen-y-mon, the top of 
the mountain. 

James, b. Eng. 1600, came Boston, Mass., 

1631, removed Braintree, Mass., 1638. 

PENNINGTON 

Derived from the manor of Pennington, 
in Lancashire, England, anciently writ¬ 
ten Penitone, in the Domesday Book 
Pennegetum. 

Ephraim, settled New Haven, Conn., 
1643- 

PENNY, PINNY 

The top of a mountain or hill. A moun¬ 
tain in Spain is called by the inhabitants 
La Penna “de los Enamorados” or the 
Lovers’ Rock. The word has the same 
meaning as the English pinnacle. 
Henry, secretary Province of New 
Hampshire 1683. 

Robert, granted land Salem, Mass., 1638. 
Thomas, at Gloucester, Mass., 1652. 


PENOYER, PENNYER 

Robert, b. Eng. 1614, came Boston, 
Mass., 1635, afterwards Stamford, Conn. 
PENTICUS 

John, inhabitant Charlestown, Mass., 
1638. 

PENWELL 

Walter, died Saco, Maine, 1683. 
PEPPER 

Francis, at Springfield, Mass., 1645, no 
issue. 

Richard, b. Eng. 1607, came from Ips¬ 
wich, Eng., to Roxbury, Mass., 1634; no 
issue. 

Robert, brother of preceding, married 
Roxbury, Mass., 1643. 

PEPPERELL 

William, fisherman, came from Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., to Isle of Shoals, N. H., 
1634, removed to Kittery, Maine, 1680. 
Father of Sir William Pepperell. 
PEPYS 

Richard, came from Cottenham, Cam¬ 
bridgeshire, to Boston, Mass., 1642. 

PERCIVAL 

James, at Sandwich, Mass., 1675, re¬ 
moved to East Haddam, Conn., 1706. 
PERCY, PEERCE, PRECEY, PERCIE 

The ancestry of this family is traced 
to Manfield, a Danish chieftain; one 
who assisted in the subjugation of Nor¬ 
mandy 912. Richard, was standard 
bearer of Richard III at Battle of Bos- 
worth 1485 and founded Pearce Hall 
in Yorkshire, England. The renowned 
family of Percy of Northumberland, 
Eng., derived their name from Percy 
Forest in the Province of Maen, Nor¬ 
mandy, whence they came with William 
the Conqueror to England; one bearing 
the name was commander of his fleet. 
The name signifies a stony place from 
pierre. It may signify a hunting place, 
from pirren, Teutonic, to hunt; percer, 
French, to penetrate, to force one’s way. 
John, married Gloucester, Mass., 1673. 
Marmaduke, tailor, came from Sand¬ 
wich, County Kent, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 
1637. 

Richard, son of Richard P., XXIst gen¬ 
eration from Manfied, b. Eng. 1615. On 
record Portsmouth, R. I., 1654. 

Robert, inhabitant New London, Conn., 

1678. 

PERHAM, PERAM 

Abraham, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 

1679. 

John, inhabitant Rehoboth, Mass., 1643, 
removed Chelmsford, Mass., 1664. 

PERIGO 

Robert, at Saybrook, Conn., 1665. 


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PERIT 

Benjamin, resident Stratford, Conn., 
1669. 

PERKINS 

From Peir or Peter and the patronymic 
or diminutive termination ins —little Pe¬ 
ter or the son of Peter. Pierre de Mor- 
laix sometimes written Peter Morley 
alias Perkins was high steward of the 
estates of Sir Hugo Despencer 1380-81. 
The family was seated at Upton, County 
Berks, Eng. 

Abraham, b. Eng. 1611, settled Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1640. 

Edmund, married Boston, Mass., 1678. 
Isaac, brother of Abraham, XI genera¬ 
tion from Pierre de Morlaix, bapt. Hill- 
morton, Warwickshire, Eng., 1611. Came 
to N. E. 1630-34, located Ipswich, Massa¬ 
chusetts 1637, removed Hampton, N. H., 
1638. 

John, b. Newent Gloucestershire, Eng., 
1590, came with Roger Williams to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1631, removed Ipswich, Mass., 

1633. 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., 1688. 
Jonathan, inhabitant Norwalk, Conn., 
1671-77. 

Luke, living Charlestown, Mass., 1666. 
Thomas, born Eng. about 1600, was at 
Dover, N. H., 1665. 

William, minister, son William P. a 
merchant tailor of London, Eng., b. Eng. 
1607, came Boston, Mass., 1632, removed 
Weymouth, Mass., 1643, preached Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., 1651-55, second minister 
Topsfield, Mass. 

William, took oath of allegiance Dover, 
N. H., 1662. 

PERLEY 

Allan or Allen, b. Wales 1608, came 
from London, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 

1635- 

PERRIN, PERRAN, PERING 

Henry, at Newport, R. I., 1656, removed 
to Long Island. 

John, b. Eng. 1614, settled Braintree, 
Mass., 1635, removed Rehoboth, Mass. 
PERRY, PURY 

If not synonymous with Parry, it is 
from the French word Pierre, a stone 
signifying a stony place abounding in 
rocks. 

Anthony, Welsh descent, resident Reho¬ 
both, Mass., 1658-78. 

Arthur, tailor, resident Boston, Mass., 
1638. 

Edward, Quaker, b. Devonshire, Eng., 
about 1630, came to Plymouth, Mass., 
settled at Sandwich, Mass., where he 
married 1653. 


Ezra, brother of preceding, b. Eng. 1625, 
married Sandwich, Mass., 1652. 

Francis, wheelwright, b. Eng. about 
1608, came Salem, Mass., 1631. 

Isaac, freeman Boston, Mass., 1631. 
John, brother of preceding, came to 
Roxbury, Mass., 1632. 

John, resident Taunton, Mass., 1643. 
John, proprietor New Haven, 1685. 
John, son Rev. John P., Farnborough, 
Eng., b. 1613, settled Watertown, Mass., 
1666. 

Joseph, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 1651, 
Nathaniel, married Rehoboth, Mass., 
1683. 

Richard, first record New Haven, Conn., 
1640-47. 

Thomas, inhabitant Ipswich, Mass., 
1648. 

Thomas, married Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
William, brother of preceding, at Scit¬ 
uate, Mass., 1638, removed Watertown, 
Mass., 1640. 

PETERS 

Andrew, distiller, married Boston, Mass., 
1659, removed Ipswich, Mass., 1665, 
thence Andover, Mass. 

Hugh, fourth minister Salem, Mass., 
b. parish of St. Ewe, town Fowey, Corn¬ 
wall, 1599, came to N. E. 1635. 
Thomas, minister, brother of preceding, 
came to N. E. 1644, to Saybrook, Conn., 
afterwards New London, Conn. 
PETERSON 

Cornelius, inhabitant Boston, Mass n . 
1685. 

John, resided Duxbury, Mass., 1670. 
PETTEE 

Joseph, located Weymouth, Mass., 1681. 
PETTELL 

Anthony, fisherman, came from Isle of 
Guernsey, Eng., to Marblehead, Mass., 

1653- 

PETTENGELL, PATTENGGELL 

Richard, came from Staffordshire, Eng., 
to Salem, Mass., freeman 1641, was at 
Wenham, Mass., finally .located New¬ 
bury, Mass. 

PETTIBONE 

John, Welsh descent, freeman Windsor, 
Conn., 1658, one first settlers Simsbury, 
Conn., 1669-70. 

PETTIFORD, PETFORD, PITTFORD 

Peter, at Salem, Mass., 1641, removed 
Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 

PETTIT, PETTES 

Gilbert, at Salem, Mass., 1668. 

John, living Roxbury, Mass., 1639, r ®* 
moved to Stamford, Conn., or L. I. 


clxxxvii 


Thomas, at Exeter, N. H., 1639, signed 
original covenant 1647. 

PETTY 

John, was at Windsor, Conn., after¬ 
wards Springfield, Mass., married at 
Boston, Mass., 1662. 

Peter, resident Haverhill, Mass., 1680. 
PETTYGOOD 

Peter, at Marblehead, Mass., 1641. 
Richard, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 
PEVERLY 

John, sent over by Mason to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1631. 

PHELPS 

The name may come from the Danish 
Hvalp : Swedish Valp, a whelp. An¬ 
cient family of Tewksbury, Gloucester¬ 
shire, Eng.; the earliest English ances¬ 
tor there on record is James Phelps 
1520. 

Christopher, married Salem, Mass., 
1658. 

Edward, resident Newbury, Mass., re¬ 
moved Andover, Mass. 

George, b. Tewsbury, Eng., about 1606. 
came to Dorchester, Mass., 1630, free¬ 
man 1635, removed Windsor, Conn., 
about this date. 

Henry, brother of Edward, came Salem, 
Mass., 1634. 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1659. 
William, bapt. Tewksbury, Eng., 1599, 
landed Hull, Mass., 1630, settled Dor¬ 
chester, Mass. One of the original set¬ 
tlers Windsor, Conn., 1636. 

PHENIX, PHOENIX 

Alexander, Scotch ancestry, at Wick- 
ford, R. I., 1652. 

PHETTEPHACE 

Family traced to Fetteplace, the Nor¬ 
man who came to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror. 

Philip, inhabitant Portsmouth, R. I., 

1681. 

PHILBRICK, PHILBROOK 

Robert, Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, shipmaster, came from Lin¬ 
colnshire to Watertown, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved Hampton, N. H., 1651. 

Philip, Phillips 

The name signifies in Greek a lover of 
horses, being the combination of two 
words Philos and Hippos. 

Andrew, resident Charlestown, Mass., 

1657. 

Benjamin, married Marshfield, Mass., 

1682. 

Charles, resident Lynn, Mass., 1656. 


George, son of Christopher P. of Rain- 
ham, St. Martins near Rougham in Hun¬ 
dred of Gallow, County Norfolk, Eng., 
first minister Watertown, Mass., b. Nor-- 
folk, Eng., 1593, came to N. E. in Win- 
throp’s fleet, died 1644. 

George, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1631, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1636. 

Henry, butcher, freeman Dedham, 
Mass., 1639, removed Boston, Mass. 
John, died Portsmouth, N. H., 1642. 
John, baker, came N. E. 1630, settled 
Dorchester, Mass., removed Boston, 
Mass., 1650. 

John, came Plymouth, Mass., 1630, pur¬ 
chased land Duxbury, Mass., 1639, re¬ 
moved to Marshfield, Mass. 

John, inhabitant Wenham, Mass., 1647. 

John, native of Wales, b. 1607, was at 
Casco, Maine, 1642, removed Kittery, 
Maine, where he was living 1684. 

John, master mariner, brother of Henry, 
married at Charlestown, Mass., 1655. 
Joseph, inhabitant Boston, 1684. 

Martin, living Medfield, Mass., 1664. 
Michael, settled Newport, R. I., where 
he was living 1668. 

Nicholas, butcher, brother of Henry, 
settled Dedham, Mass., 1636, removed 
in later life to Weymouth, Mass. 
Nicholas, married, Boston, Mass., 1651. 
Samuel, married, Taunton, Mass., 1676. 
Samuel, bookseller, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1681. 

Thomas, took oath of fidelity, Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

Walter, b. Eng. 1619, was at Wiscas- 
set, Maine, 1661, resident Salem, 1689. 
William, among first purchasers Taun¬ 
ton, Mass., 1637. 

William, inhabitant Hartford, Conn., 
1639 - 

William, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1640. 

William, mariner, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1650. 

Zachariah, member artillery company 
Boston, Mass., 1660. 

PHILPOT 

Thomas, saltmaker, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1642. 

PHINNEY, FINNEY, FENNYE 

Isaac, resident Medfield, Mass., 1657. 
John, came Plymouth, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved Barnstable, Mass., 1650. 

Robert, brother of preceding, resident 
Plymouth, Mass., 1650. 


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PHIPPEN, FIPPEN, FITZPEN 

David, came from Weymouth or Mel- 
combe Regis, Dorsetshire, England, to 
Hingham, Mass., 1635. 

PHIPS, PHIPPS 

James, gunsmith, founded Phippsburg, 
Maine, near mouth Kennebec river be¬ 
fore 1649, father Sir William Phipps. 
Solomon, carpenter, at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1641. 

PICKARD, PICKETT 

John, admitted church Salem, Mass., 
1649, afterwards removed Rowley, Mass. 
PICKERAM, PICKRAM 

George, came Watertown, Mass., with 
his father John P., who died 1630; mem¬ 
ber of church 1646. 

PICKERING 

A market town of North Yorkshire, 
Eng. In the reign of Edward VI, Gil¬ 
bert Pickering purchased the manor of 
Tichmersh. 

John, carpenter, b. Eng. 1615, came from 
Newgate, in Coventry, Warwickshire, 
Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 1634, removed 
Salem, Mass., 1637. 

John, was at Cambridge, Mass., 1630, 
removed Portsmouth, N. H., 1633. 
PICKETT, PIGGOTT 

From the French Riote, pitted with 
small-pox, spotted in the face. 
Christopher, married in what is now 
Brookline, Mass., 1647. 

John, came Salem, Mass., 1648, removed 
two years later Rowley, Mass., in 1660 
to Stratford, Conn. 

John, married New London, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1656. 

PICKLES 

Jonas, married Scituate, Mass., 1657. 
PICKMAN 

Benjamin, son Nathaniel P. of Bristol, 
Eng., bapt. Lewen’s Mead, Bristol, Eng., 
1645, married Salem, Mass., 1667. 
Nathaniel, came from Bristol, Eng., 
Salem, Mass., 1654. 

PICKTON 

Thomas, granted land on Beverly side 
Salem, Mass., 1639. 

PICKWORTH 

Amariah, resident Salem, Mass. 

John, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1631, at 
Salem, Mass., 1637, granted land New 
London, Conn., 1651, but forfeited it 
for non-residence. 

PIDCOCK, PIDCOKE 

George, married Scituate, Mass., 1640. 
PIERCE, PEIRCE, PEARCE 

The same as Percy, which see. Two 


brothers William and Serio de Percy 
came to England with William the Con¬ 
queror. The male issue became extinct 
in the reign of Henry II when the fe¬ 
male descendant, Agnes de Perci, mar¬ 
ried Josceline, son of Duke Louvain 
with agreement he was to assume the 
name of Percy. 

Abraham, shared in divide of cattle 
Plymouth, Mass., 1629, removed Dux- 
bury, Mass., 1643, one purchasers of 
Bridgewater, Mass., 1645. 

Azerikam or Aziakim, came from 
Rehoboth or Swanzey, Mass., to War¬ 
wick, R. I. 

Daniel, b. Eng. 1611, blacksmith, came 
from Ipswich, County Suffolk, Eng., to 
Watertown, Mass., 1634, removed New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1638. 

Edward, weaver, b. Norwich, County 
Norfolk, 1588, settled Watertown, Mass., 
1638. 

George, smith, married at Boston, Mass., 
before 1660. 

George, married, Portsmouth, R. I., 1687. 
Giles, inhabitant Greenwich, R. I., 1687. 
John, b. Norwich, County of Norfolk, 
Eng., 1585, settled Watertown, Mass., 
1637, projected the settlement Sudbury 
and Lancaster, Mass.; died 1661. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1643. 
John, husbandman, freeman Glouces¬ 
ter, Mass., 1651. 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1652, 
removed Kittery, Maine. 

John, mariner, married Boston, Mass- 
1654. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1660. 
John, bricklayer, resident Boston, Mass., 
1670. 

John, married Springfield, Mass., 1677. 
John, took oath of allegiance York, 
Maine, 1681. 

John, b. Eng. 1632, settled Portsmouth, 
R. I., freeman 1666. 

Marmaduke, came from Sandwich, 
County Kent, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 
1637. 

Michael, known as Captain, b. Eng. 
1615, settled Hingham, Mass., 1645, re¬ 
moved Scituate, Mass. 

Nehemiah, cooper, member of artillery 
company Boston, Mass., 1671. 

Richard, b. Eng. 1590, resident Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1654. 

Richard, printer, came from Bristol. 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1632. 

Robert, brother John the mariner, free- 
man Dorchester, Mass., 1642. 


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Robert, married at Charlestown, Mass., 

1657. 

Samuel, resident Malden, Mass., before 
1656, removed Charlestown, Mass. 
Thomas, b. Eng. 1583-84, freeman 
Charlestown, Mass., 1635, proprietor 
Woburn, Mass., 1643. 

Thomas, resident Gloucester, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1668. 

William, came Boston, Mass., 1633, 
freeman 1634, died 1661. 

William, resident Barnstable, Mass., 
1643. 

William, mariner, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1653, died 1669. 

William, resident Falmouth, Maine, 
1680. 

William, married Suffield, Conn., 1688. 
PIERPONT 

Name of Norman origin, antedating the 
Norman Conquest. The Castle of Pierre- 
pont took its name in the time of 
Charlemagne, from a strong bridge to 
replace a ferry on an estate located in 
Picardy in the diocese of Laon, France. 
The first of whom there is an authen¬ 
tic record: Sir Hugh de Pierpont 980 
A. D. and Robert de Pierpont came to 
England with William the Conqueror to 
whom the family is traced. De Petra 
Ponte from the French signifies from 
the stone bridge, in Latin, De Petra 
Ponte. 

James, came to N. E. with his two sons, 
John and Robert, settled Roxbury, Mass., 
removed Ipswich, Mass. 

Robert, brother of preceding, resident 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 

>IERSON, PEARSON, PERSON 

From the French Pierre and son, ante¬ 
dating this from the Danish Peterson. 
Abraham, minister, b. Yorkshire, Eng., 
1613, came Boston, Mass., 1640, minis¬ 
ter Lynn, Mass., same year, settled 
Southampton, L. I., thence 1647 went to 
Branford, Conn., removed 1667 Newark, 
N. J. 

Bartholomew', resident of Watertown, 
Mass., 1639. 

George, resident Reading, Mass., where 
he died 1679. 

Henry, settled Lynn, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved L. I. 

Hugh, resident Watertown, Mass., 1649. 
John, died Middletown, Conn., 1677. 
John, known as Deacon, settled Row- 
ley, Mass., 1647; set up the earliest full¬ 
ing-mill in America. 


John, b. Yorkshire, Eng., 1615, was at 
Lynn., Mass., 1639, removed Reading, 
Mass., 1644. 

Stephen, resident Derby, Conn., 1679. 
Thomas, at Branford, Conn., 1668, re¬ 
moved Newark, N. J. 

PIGG, PIDGE, PIGGE 

Robert, New Haven, Conn., 1644, died 
there 1660. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, freeman 
Roxbury, Mass., 1634. 

PIGDEN 

Thomas, resident Lynn, Mass., 1647. 
PIKE 1 

Sir Richard Pike, English ancestor. 
George, resident Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

James, Charlestown, Mass., 1647, remov¬ 
ed Reading, Mass. 

John, came from Langford, Eng., to 
Ipswich, Mass., 1635, removed Salisbury, 
Mass., where he died 1654. 

John, came from Bridgewater, Somer¬ 
setshire, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1636. 
Joseph, • resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1683. 

Richard, at Newbury, Mass., 1655, set¬ 
tled Falmouth, Maine, 1675. 

PILE 

William, Salisbury, Mass., 1659, re¬ 
moved Nantucket, Mass., thence Dover, 
N. H. 

PILING, PILLEN 

John, fisherman, Kittery, Maine 1639, 
afterwards Dover, N. H., 1653. 
PILLSBURY 

William, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1640, 
removed Newbury, Mass., 1651. 
PIMORE 

Thomas, proprietor New Haven, Conn., 
1685. 

PINCKNEY, PINKNEY 

Philip, Fairfield, Conn., 1650, removed 
East Chester, N. Y., 1665. 

PINDAR, PINDER, PINTER 

Henry, b. Eng., 1580, came to N. E., 
1635, at Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 

Samuel, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1683. 
PINGREE 

Name of French origin, probably taken 
into England by a Huguenot refugee; 
signifies green pine. 

Aaron, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
Moses, saltmaker, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, b. Eng., 1610, known as deacon, resi¬ 
dent Ipswich, Mass., 1642, died 1695. 


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PINION 

Nicholas, at Lynn, Mass., 1647, remov¬ 
ed New Haven, Conn., before 1667. 
PINKHAM 

In its ancient form, the word was Pyn- 
combe from Pyn, a pine, and Combe, a 
hollow or ridge, a place where sturdy 
trees grow. 

Richard, came to N. E., 1633, settled 
Dover, N. H., 1640. 

PINNEY, PYNNY 

Humphrey, son of John P., b. Somerset¬ 
shire, Eng., settled Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed Windsor, Conn., 1635. 
Thomas, freeman, Gloucester, Mass., 

1672. 

PINSON, PINCHIN, PINCIN 

Andrew, b. Eng., 1623, came Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., about 1665, where he died 
1697. 

Edmund, married at Cambridge, Mass., 
1665. 

Thomas, inhabitant of Scituate, Mass., 
1636. 

PIPER 

Nathaniel, b. Dartmouth, Devonshire, 
Eng., about 1630, came to Ipswich, Mass., 
1665. 

Richard, living Haddam, Conn., 1669. 
PIPON 

John, master of ship, at Salem, Mass., 

1673. 

PITCHER 

Andrew, settled Dorchester, Mass., 1634, 
freeman 1641. 

PITKIN 

William, attorney, b. Eng., 1635, came 
Hartford, Conn., 1659. 

PITMAN, PITNAM 

Ezekiel, inhabitant New Hampshire, 
1683. 

John, living in that part of Salem now 
Danvers, Mass., 1690. 

Jonathan, married, Stratford, Conn., 
1681. 

Nathaniel, granted land Salem, Mass., 

1639- 

Thomas, resident Marblehead, Mass., 
1648. 

William, married, Boston, Mass., 1653, 
removed Dover, N. H. 

PITNEY ' 

James, at Ipswich, Mass., 1639, removed 
Marshfield, Mass., 1643, and Boston, 
Mass., 1652. 

PITT 

William, came Plymouth, Mass., 1621, 
not present at division of cattle 1627; at 
Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 


PITTEE, PITTY, PITTEY 

Joseph, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 1680. 
William, early settler Weymouth, Mass. 
PITTICE 

John, at Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 

PITTS 

Edmund, weaver, came from Hingham, 
Eng., to Hingham, Mass., freeman, 1640. 
Peter, settled at Taunton, Mass., before 
1643. 

Samuel, married, Taunton, Mass., 1680. 
William, came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638, at Marblehead, 
Mass., 1654. 

PITTUMS, PITTONS 

John, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1678. 

PIXLEY 

William, married, Hadley, Mass., 1663. 
PLACE, PLAISE 

Enoch, b. Eng., 1631, married, Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1657, removed Kingston, R. 
I., 1663. 

Peter, b. Eng., 1615, came from London, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635, freeman 
1646. 

William, blackmith, granted land Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

PLAISTED, PLAYSTEAD 

John, inhabitant, New Hampshire, 1679; 
chief justice, 1716. 

Roger, brother of preceding, known by 
the title of Captain, went from Boston, 
Mass., to Kittery, Maine, 1654. 

PLATT 

Abel, at Rowley, Mass., 1678. 

Isaac, at Huntington, L. I., admitted 
freeman Conn., 1664. 

James, at Rowley, Mass., 1691. 

John, freeman Norwalk, Conn., 1691. 
Jonas, at Rowley, Mass., 1691. 

Richard, bapt. Bovington, Eng., 1603, 
settled at New Haven, Conn., 1638, 
granted lands Milford, Conn., 1646, 
chosen deacon 1669, died 1684-85. 
Thomas, butcher, resident Boston, Mass., 
1669. 

PLUMB, PLUM 

The name of Norman-French origin; 
family traced to Robertus Plumme ap¬ 
pears in 1180 in the Great Roll of Nor¬ 
mandy accompanied by that of Robert 
Plome. In Hertfordshire, Eng., there 
is a record of James Plume in 1240. 
George, came from Taworth, county Es¬ 
sex, Eng., to New London, Conn., before 

1654- 

John, shipowner, son of Robert, bapt. 


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Great Yeldham, Eng., 1594, removed 
from Dorchester, Mass., to Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1635, thence 1644, Branford, Conn., 
where he died. 

John, mariner, son George, grandson of 
George, great grandson of John P., a 
native of Terling, county Essex, where 
he was b. about 1510. John, the Amer¬ 
ican emigrant b. Topper field, county Es¬ 
sex, Eng., 1634, came to Hartford, Conn., 
1663, and to New London, Conn., 1678. 
Robert, married, Milford, Conn., 1639. 
PLUMLY, PLUMLEY, PLUMLEIGH 

Alexander, settled at Boston, Mass., 
granted land Braintree, Mass., 1639. 
PLUMMER 

Francis, linen weaver, came from Wool¬ 
wich, Eng., settled Boston, Mass., 1633, 
freeman 1634, removed Newbury, Mass., 

1635- 

Samuel, son of John P., b. Eng., 1619, 
freeman Newbury, Mass., 1641, died 1702. 
PLYMPTON, PLIMPTON 

An ancient English name; it was applied 
to a monastery established by West Sax¬ 
on kings. In 1086 the village of Plimp¬ 
ton existed in the parish of Spofforth in 
the West Riding of Yorkshire. Gilbert 
and Nigel P. were born in the Manor of 
Plimpton 1184. The word is of Cornish- 
British extraction from Plym a river, and 
ton a town. The town situated on the 
river Plym in Devonshire, Eng. The 
family is traced in England through 
twenty generations. 

Henry, died Boston, Mass., 1653. 

John, b. county Cambridge, Eng., 1620, 
settled Roxbury, Mass., 1641, at Dedham, 
Mass., 1643, removed Medfield, Mass., 
1652, one of the proprietors of Deerfield, 
Mass., 1673. 

Robert, resident New London, Conn., 
1681. 

Thomas, was at Sudbury, Mass., 1643. 
POCHER 

George, died Braintree, Mass., 1639. 

POD 

Daniel, was at Ipswich, Mass., 1642. 
POLAND 

Samuel, b. Eng., 1623, settled Ipswich, 
Mass., 1648. 

POLLARD 

A tree having its top cut off: a fish; 
Poularde, a fat chicken; Pol, Dutch, a 
loose or lewd man, and ard, disposition; 
Poule-ard chicken-hearted. 

George, was at Salem, Mass., before 
1646. 

Thomas, son of William, b. Coventry, 
Warwickshire, Eng., about 1670, came 


to America 1690, was at Billerica, Mass., 
1692. 

William, innholder, resident Boston, 
Mass., before 1644. 

POLLY or POLLEY 

From Poilley, in the province of Or¬ 
leans, France, whence the family orig¬ 
inally came. 

George, married, Woburn, Mass., 1649. 
John, brother of the preceding, resident 
Roxbury, Mass., 1650. 

POMEROY, POMROY, PUMMERY, PUM- 
RY 

From French Pomme-roi, a kind of ap¬ 
ple, the royal apple, king’s apple or king 
of apples; a name probably given to a 
gardener for his skill in raising them, 
or a name of a place where such apples 
were raised. Radolphus (Ralf or Ralph) 
de Pomeroy came to England with Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror. 

Eltweed, bapt. Eng. 1585, came Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1630, removed Windsor, 
Conn., 1636, thence Northampton, Mass., 
1672. 

Thomas, at Portsmouth, N. H., before 
1679. 

POMFRET 

William, town clerk Dover, N. H., 164a 
POND 

Daniel, on record at Dedham, Mass., 
1652. 

Robert, died at Dorchester, Mass., 16371 
no male issue. 

Samuel, married, Windsor, Conn., 1642 
PONDER 

John, married, Westfield, Mass., 1668. 
PONTON, PONTING 

Richard, husbandman, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1649, removed Hartford, Conn., 
1662. 

PONTUS 

William, at Plymouth, Mass., 1633. 
POOLE, POOL, POLE 

A small collection of water in a hollow 
place supplied by a spring; a small lake. 
“John at the Pool” became “John Pool.” 
A town in Dorsetshire, Eng. Sir Wil¬ 
liam Poole an English ancestor. 
Edward, came from Weymouth, Eng., 
to Weymouth, Mass., 1635, removed 
Newport, R. I., 1638. 

John, came to N. E. 1633, located Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., proprietor Lynn, Mass., 
1638; became founder of Reading, Mass. 
John, carpenter, married, Beverly 1692, 
where he died 1716. 

Richard, a bachelor, died New London, 
Conn., 1662. 


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Samuel, merchant, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1642. 

William, came Dorchester, Mass., 1630, 
removed Taunton, Mass., 1637; brother 
of Elizabeth, patron saint of Taunton, 
Mass. 

POOR, POORE 

Daniel, b. Eng. 1624, came N. E. 1638; 
eleventh settler Andover, Mass., 1644. 
John, elder brother of the preceding, 
emigrated from Wiltshire, Eng. At 
Lynn and Ipswich, Mass., 1635; one early 
settlers Newbury, Mass. 

John, mariner, married, Hampton, N. 
H, 1661. 

Nicholas, resident Lynn, Mass., 1637. 
Samuel, brother of Daniel and John, b. 
Eng. 1620, settled Newbury, Mass., 1638. 
POPE 

From Greek and Latin Pop a, a priest. 
Ephraim, died Boston, Mass., 1677. 
John, shoemaker, came from county 
Sussex, Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 1633. 
John, at Springfield, Mass., 1678, re¬ 
moved Windsor, Conn., 1683, where he 
died that year unmarried. 

Joseph, son Robert P. of Yorkshire, 
Eng., came to Salem, Mass., before 1636. 
Thomas, b. Eng. 1608, settled at Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1631. 

/^Thomas, brother first John, was at Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., before 1670. 

Thomas, resident Suffield, Conn., 1687. 
Walter, at Charlestown, Mass., 1634, 
died before 1641, leaving no male issue. 
PORTAGE 

George, merchant Boston, Mass., before 
1685. 

PORTER 

Ancient English family descended from 
William de la Grande, who came with 
William the Conqueror to England and 
acquired lands near Kenilworth in War¬ 
wickshire. Ralph or Roger La Grande 
was Keeper of the Doors “Grant' Por- 
teur” at court of Henry I. 

Abel, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1641. 

Daniel, surgeon, settled Farmington, 
Conn., before 1644. 

Edward, came Roxbury, Mass., 1636. 
Israel, freeman Hadley, Mass., 1684. 
John, came to N. E. 1630, settled Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., removed Windsor, Conn., 
1635, where he died 1648. 

John, tanner, b. Eng. 1595, came from 
Dorchester, Eng., to Boston, Mass., re¬ 
moved Dorchester, Mass., 1635, after¬ 


wards Hingham, Mass., in 1644 to what 
is now Danvers, Mass. 

Jonathan, granted land Salem, Mass., 

1637- 

Jonathan, resident Salem, Mass., 1636, 
a sergeant 1647, removed Huntington, 
L. I., before 1660. 

Nathaniel, freeman 1637, living Salem, 
Mass., 1638. 

) Richard, came from Weymouth, Eng., 
to Weymouth, Mass., 1635. 

Robert, one first settlers Farmington, 
Conn., married 1644. 

Roger, husbandman, b. Eng. 1583; came 
from Long Sutton, county Hants, Eng.. 
1638, to Watertown, Mass. 

Samuel, died Salem, Mass., 1659. 
Stephen, freeman Andover, Mass., 1691. 
Thomas, married, Hartford, Mass., 1644, 
removed Farmington, Conn. 

PORTIS, PORTORIS 

Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1645. 
PORTMORT, PORMONT, PURMONT 

Philemon, freeman Boston, Mass., 1635; 
first grammar school master; removed 
Exeter, N. H., 1638. 

POST 

The name of German origin. Herien 
Von Post 1030. 

John, married, Woburn, Mass., 1650. 
Richard, blacksmith, among first settlers 
New London, Conn., from where he re¬ 
moved 1651-2. 

Stephen, came from Gravesend, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., 1633, at Cambridge, Mass., 
v' 1 1634, removed Hartford, Conn., 1636, 
inhabitant Saybrook, Conn., 1649. 
POTTER 

One who makes earthen vessels. 

Abel, b. Eng. 1638, proprietor Dart¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1667, removed Warwick, 
R. I. 

Anthony, b. Eng. 1628, settled Ipswich, 
Mass., 1648. 

George, died Portsmouth, R. I., 1638. 
Humfrey, married, Salem, Mass., 1656; 
no male issue. 

Indigo or Inigo, married Charlestown, 
Mass., 1663. 

John, at New Haven, Conn., 1639. 

Luke, freeman Concord, Mass., 1639. 
Matthias, at Braintree, Mass., 1661. 
Nathaniel, admitted as an inhabitant of 
Island of Aquineck, R. I., 1639. 

Nicholas, bricklayer, settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1651, removed Salem, Mass., 1660. 
V Robert, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1634, re- 



CXC111 


moved Newport, R. I., 1638, two years 
later to Warwick, R. I. 

Vincent, b. Eng. 1614, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, returned to England 1639. 
William, b. Eng. 1608, came to Water- 
town, Mass., 1635, removed New Haven 
1643 - 

William, b. Eng. 1610, came to Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1635, a freeman 1640, re¬ 
moved Roxbury, Mass. 

William, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1641. 

POTTS 

Richard, at Kennebeck, Maine, before 
1676. 

Thomas, resident Dover, N. H., before 
1690. 

POULTON, POULTER 

From the town of Poulton in Lanca¬ 
shire, Eng., also a place near Marlbor¬ 
ough in Wiltshire, so called from pool, 
a small lake, and ton, a town. 

/John, came from Raleigh in county Es- 
'■ sex, Eng., to Billerica, Mass., 1658. 

POUT, POAT 

William, at Marblehead, Mass., 1668-74. 
POWELL 

A contraction of the Welsh Ap Howell, 
the son of Howell. It may also be de¬ 
duced from Paul, of which it was a 
former orthography. 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1669. 

Michael, at Dedham, Mass., 1639, re¬ 
moved Boston, Mass., 1647. 

Ralph, married Marshfield, Mass., 1676. 
Robert, took oath of fidelity Exeter, N. 

H. , 1677. 

Rowland, at Gloucester, Mass., 1657. 
Thomas, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1641, removed L. I. 

Thomas, inhabitant Saco, Maine,, 1670. 
Thomas, married, Windsor, Conn., 1676. 
William, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1636. 

William, inhabitant Taunton, Mass., 
1643. 

POWERS 

From the old Norman name Le Poer, 
borne by an officer under William the 
Conqueror, after, in the roll of services 
in the Battle Abbey. The name may 
come from the Welsh Powyr, a descend¬ 
ant of Leod, who was the father of 
Mandebrog. Richard le Poer was high 
sheriff of Gloucestershire 1187. 

John, at Charlestown, Mass., 1643. 
Nicholas, early settler Providence, R. 

I. , where he died 1657. 


Walter, b. Eng. 1639, arrived Salem, 
Mass., 1654, settled in what is now Lit¬ 
tleton, Mass., 1661. 

POWNING, POUNDING 

Henry, freeman Boston, Mass., 1644. 
POWSLAND, POWSLEY, POWLAND 
James, married, Salem, Mass., 1670. 
Richard, at Falmouth, Maine, 1674-90, 
PRANCE 

Philip, master mariner, at Salem, Mass., 
1689. 

PRATT 

From the Latin Pratum, a meadow. Prat 
in the Dutch signifies proud, arrogant, 
cunning. John Pratt or de Pratellis or 
de Prates, held the manor of Parrick- 
borne (Merlin Bridge and Pelham Hun¬ 
dred 1200). 

Abraham, surgeon, came in Winthrop’s 
fleet, settled at Charlestown 1631, where 
he died 1645. 

Ephraim, resident Weymouth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1698. 

John, surgeon, son of Rev. William P., 
bapt., Stevenage, Eng., 1584, came to 
Cambridge, Mass., where he was a free¬ 
man 1634, removed Hartford, Conn., 
1637; drowned off the coast of Spain 
1644, left no issue. 

John, resident Hingham, Mass., removed 
Weymouth, Mass., 1646. 

John, carpenter, b. Malden, Eng., about 
1615, came to Malden, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Hartford, Conn., 1636. 

John, resident Kingston, R. I., before 
1664. 

John, freeman at Dorchester, Mass., 
1643, where he had resided since 1634. 
Joseph, resident Weymouth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1664. 

Joshua, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623, 
one of the purchasers, Dartmouth, Mass., 
1652. 

Joshua, resident Medfield, Mass., 1649. 
Matthew, b. Eng. 1600, freeman Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1640, removed Rehoboth, 
Mass. 

Micah, resident Weymouth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1691. 

Peter, married, Lyme, Conn., 1679. 
Phineas, joiner, brother of first Joshua, 
son of Henry P., b. Eng. 1590, came to 
Weymouth, Mass., 1622, removed Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1623, a resident Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1648. 

Richard, son of John P. of Malden, 
County Essex, where he was bapt. 1615, 
came to Charlestown, Mass., about 1640. 


CXCJV 


Samuel, carpenter, freeman Weymouth, 
Mass., 1666. 

Samuel, resident Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
Thomas, freeman Watertown, Mass., 
1647, settled Framingham, Mass., 1679. 
Thomas, resident Weymouth, Mass., 
1659. 

Thomas, living Malden, Mass., before 
1661. 

William, brother of John the carpenter, 
had the rank of lieutenant; came to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1633, removed Hartford, 
Conn., 1636, finally Saybrook, Conn., 
1645 - 

William, freeman Weymouth, Mass., 
1651. 

PRAY 

Original spelling of the name Pie, which 
indicates French origin. 

Elisha, swore allegiance Providence, 
R. I., 1682. 

John, married, Braintree, Mass., 1657. 
John, swore allegiance Providence, R. 
I., 1671. 

Quinton, b. Eng. 1595, came Lynn, 
Mass., 1645, removed Braintree, Mass., 
thence Providence, R. I., swore allegi¬ 
ance to King James 1668. 

Richard, brother of preceding, resident 
Lynn, Mass., 1645. 

William, swore allegiance at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1682. 

PREBLE 

Abraham, settled Scituate, Mass., 1636, 
removed York, Maine, 1642. 

PRENCE 

Thomas, governor Plymouth Colony, 
son Thomas of Lechlade, Gloucester¬ 
shire, Eng., came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1621, removed Duxbury, Mass., 1635, 
thence Eastham, Mass., 1645. 
PRENTICE, PRENTISS 

An ancient surname as early as 1318; 
Thomas Prentiz is recorded in English 
history. 

Henry, planter, member of church Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1636, original proprietor 
Salisbury, Mass., freeman 1650. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1621, came Cambridge, 
Mass., 1648, known as Captain, com¬ 
mander of Mounted troops in King 
Philip’s War. 

Valentine, came from Nazing, County 
Essex, Eng., to N. E. 1631, settled Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1633. 

PRESBURY 

John, buried Sandwich, Mass., 1648. 
John, constable, Saco, Maine, 1670. 


PRESCOTT 

The name of Welsh origin from Prys, 
a coppice, and cwt, a cottage. In Saxon 
the contraction of two words, priest and 
cottage, signifying priest cottage or 
priest’s house. Also known Prescott, a 
small town in England. 

James, son of James P., and the fifth 
generation from James P. of Standish, 
Lincolnshire, England, came from Digby 
in that county to Hampton, N. H., 1665. 
John, blacksmith, came from Sowerby- 
in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, 
Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved Lancaster, Mass. 

Peter, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1682. 
PRESSIE, PRESSY 

John, b. Eng. 1638, came to New Eng¬ 
land 1650, taxed at Salisbury, Mass., 
1659. Removed Amesbury, Mass., 1664. 
PRESTON 

Ancient North Britain family. Name as¬ 
sumed at the time of Malcolm, King of 
Scots, Leophus de Preston 1046. A town 
in Lancashire, Eng. The town in the 
coppice, or the bushy hill, from Prys 
and ton, also Preston; the town where 
brass is manufactured, from Pres, brass, 
Welsh. 

John, married, Boston, Mass., 1661. 
John, resident Andover, Mass., before 
1691. 

Roger, tanner, b. Eng. 1614, came to N. E. 
1635, first appears on records Ipswich, 
Mass., 1639, removed Salem, Mass., 

1657. 

Samuel, married, Andover, Mass., 1672. 
Thomas, settled in what is now Danvers, 
Mass., 1669. 

William, son of William, grandson of 
George P. of Valley Field, Eng., came 
from Yorkshire, Eng., settled New Hav¬ 
en, Conn., 1635. 

PRETIOUS, PRETIOSE 

Charles, blacksmith, married, Boston, 
Mass., 1653. 

PRICE 

From the Welsh, a corruption of Ap 
Rice, the son of Rice. 

David, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1636. 
Richard, member Artillery Company ‘ 
Boston, Mass., 1658. 

Richard, freeman Boston, Mass., 1664. 
Robert, resident Northampton, Mass., 
1678, removed Deerfield, Mass. 

Walter, merchant from Bristol, Eng., 
settled Salem, Mass., 1641. 

William, married, Watertown, Mass., 

1657. 


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PRICHARD, PRITCHARD 

From Welsh, a corruption of Ap Richard, 
the son of Richard. 

Hugh, of Bioughton, Denbigshire, Wales, 
at Gloucester, Mass., 1641-45, removed 
Roxbury, Mass. 

Richard, at Yarmouth, Mass., 1643, ad¬ 
mitted church Charlestown, Mass., 1660. 
Roger, at Springfield, Mass., 1643, free¬ 
man 1648, removed Milford, Conn., 1653, 
thence to New Haven, Conn., where he 
died 1671. 

William, at Lynn, Mass., 1645, removed 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648, one first settlers 
Brookfield, Mass. 

PRIDE 

John, brickmaker, at Salem, 1637; had a 
grant of land 1641 and died 1647. 
PRIEST 

Degory, Mayflower passenger, died 1621. 
James, freeman Weymouth, Mass., 1643. 
John, at Weymouth, Mass., 1657. 

John, married, Salem, Mass., 1673. 
John, resident, Woburn, Mass., 1679. 
PRIME 

■ James, inhabitant Milford, Conn., 1654. 
Mark, at Rowley, Mass., 1643. 

PRINCE 

John, son of Rev. John P. of East 
Shefford, County of Berks, b. Eng. 1610, 
freeman Watertown, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved to what is now Hull, Mass., 1638. 
Nathaniel, resident Salem, Mass., 1664. 
Richard, tailor, freeman, Salem, Mass., 
1642. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, grant¬ 
ed land Salem, Mass., 1649. 

Thomas, at Gloucester, Mass., 1649. 
William, resident Dover, N. H., 1671. 
PRINDLE 

A croft or small field, Scotch descent. 
John, resident Milford, Conn., 1645. 
William, living New Haven, Conn., 
i6S3- 

PRINGRYDAY, PRIMIDAYES, PRIM- 
RIDES 

Edmund, married, Springfield, Mass., 
1666, killed by Indians, 1675; no issue. 
PRIOR, PRYOR 

Edward, inhabitant Kennebeck, Maine, 
1665. 

Humphrey, married, Windsor, Conn., 
1663. 

Matthew, granted land Salem, Mass., 
1638, removed Brookhaven, Long Island, 
where he was living 1665. 


Thomas, came from London, Eng., to 
Scituate, Mass., 1634, where he died 1639. 
PROCTOR 

Name derived from the Latin procurator, 
meaning one who acts for another, ie a 
proxy. The family was originally seat¬ 
ed in Yorkshire, but at beginning of the 
sixteenth century was established at 
Shawdon. 

George, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1637. 
Richard, at Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
Richard, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Robert, freeman Concord, Mass., 1643, 
one of the founders Chelmsford, Mass., 

1653- 

PROUTY 

Richard, settled Scituate, Mass., 1667. 
PROVINDER 

John, took oath of fidelity Charlestown, 
Mass., 1674. 

PRUDDEN 

James, inhabitant Milford, Conn., 1639, 
died 1648. 

Peter, minister, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, b. Eng. 1600, came Boston, Mass., 
1638, settled over church at Milford, 
Conn., where he died 1656. 
PUDEATER 

Jacob, married, Salem, Mass., 1666. 
PUDINGTON, PUDDINGTON 

George, at York, Maine, 1640. 

Robert, inhabitant Portsmouth, N. H., 
1640, removed Newtown, L. I. 
PUDNEY 

John, married, Salem, Mass., 1662. 
PUFFER, POFFER 

The family is of German origin. 

George, died Braintree, Mass., 1639. 
James, married, Braintree, Mass., 1655. 
Matthew or Matthias, brother of the 
preceding, at Braintree, Mass.; became 
one of first settlers Mendon, Mass., af¬ 
terwards lived Wrentham, Mass. 
PULLING, PULLIN 

English ancestor Richard Pullume 1600. 
Abraham, settled Boston, Mass. 
PULLMAN 

Jasper, took oath of allegiance York, 
Maine, 1681. 

PULSIFER 

Of French Huguenot descent; the near¬ 
est resemblance to the name in French 

is Pulosevits. 

Benedict, inhabitant Ipswich, Mass., 
1664, died 1673. 

PUNCHAID 

William, came from Isle of Jersey, 
Eng., married, Salem, Mass., 1669. 


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PUNDERSON, PONDERSON 

John, came from Yorkshire, Eng., to 
Boston, Mass., 1637, removed New 
Haven, Conn., 1639. 

PURCHASE 

Abraham, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1680. 
John, resident Hartford, Conn., 1639. 
John, at Boston, Mass., before 1652. 
Oliver, b. Eng. 1613, freeman Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1636, removed Taunton, 
Mass., where he was enrolled in militia 
1643, removed Lynn, Mass., 1653. 
Thomas, brother of preceding, in Maine 
1628, commissioner Saco Maine, 1636, 
removed Lynn, Mass., 1675. 

PURPLE 

Edward, married, Haddam, Conn., 1674. 
PURRINGTON, PURINTON 

George, settled York, Maine, 1640. 
John, clerk of the writs, Kennebunk, 
Maine, 1668. 

Robert, freeman Portsmouth, N. H., 
1672. 

PURRYER 

William, b. Eng. 1599, came from Olney, 
County Bucks, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 
1635, removed Southold, L. I.; freeman 
Conn. 1662. 

PUTNAM 

The name derived from the Flemish 
word putte, a well, plural puttern, and 
ham signifying a house or town. There 
is also English village called Pattenham. 
The English ancestor was Simon de Pat¬ 
tenham 1199. 

John, yeoman, son of Nicholas P. of 
Penne, Eng., XVI generation from Si¬ 
mon de P. John, b. Aston Abbotts, 
county Bucks, England, 1580, came Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1630. 

PUTNEY 

John, married Salem, Mass., 1662. 
PYGAN, PYGON, PIGGIN, PIGGON 

Alexander, innholder, came from Nor¬ 
wich, county Norfolk, Eng., to New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1667, removed Saybrook, 
Conn., 1679, returned New London, Conn., 
1685, where died 1701. 

PYNCHON, PINCHEON 

William, b. Springfield, county Essex, 
Eng., 1590, came Winthrop’s fleet 1630, 
settled Roxbury, Mass.; founded Spring- 
field, Mass., 1636. 

PYNE 

Thomas, freeman Mass., 1635. 
QUARLES 

William, b. Eng. 1647, at Salisbury, 
Mass., 1665, removed Ipswich, Mass., 
1678. 


QUELCH 

Benjamin, resident Boston, Mass., 1694. 
QUICK 

Nathaniel, died New Hampshire, 1677. 
William, mariner, resident Charlestown, 
Mass., 1636, freeman Newport, Rhode 
Island, 1638. 

QUILTER 

Mark, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 

QUIMBY, QUINBY 

John, at Stratford, Conn., 1654, removed 
Westchester, N. Y., 1664. 

Robert, ship carpenter, inhabitant Ames- 
bury, Mass., before 1657, removed Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1663. 

QUINCY 

The name derived from town in Nor¬ 
mandy, also appears in the Roll of Bat¬ 
tle Abbey. Baron Saher de Quince signer 
of the Magna Charter. 

Edmund, son of Edmund Q. of Wigs- 
thrope, county Northampton, baptized 
1602, came to N. E. 1628, returned Eng¬ 
land ; arrived second time 1633, became 
inhabitant Boston, Mass., removed to 
what is now Quincy, Mass., 1635. 
QUING, QUIN 

From Quin, a village in Clare county, 
Ireland. 

Arthur, resident Boston, Mass., 1677. 
RABUN, RABONE, RAWBONE 

George, inhabitant Exeter, N. H., 1639. 
RADDEN, RADDIN 

Thaddeus, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
RAGLAND 

John, died Boston, Mass., 1600. 
RAINES, RAYNES 

Francis, freeman York, Maine, 1652. 

RAINBOROW 

William, member artillery company 
1639, removed Watertown, Mass., 1640. 

RAINSFORD, RANSFORD 

Edward, came Winthrop’s fleet 1630, 
freeman Boston, Mass., 1637, died 1680. 
Edward, fisherman, b. Eng. 1609, came 
Boston, Mass., 1635. 

RAM 

George, b. Eng. 1610, came N. E. 1635. 
RAMACKE 

Christian, member grand jury Kittery, 
Maine, 1659. 

RAMSDELL, RAMSDEN 

A Saxon word signifying the winding 
valley or the extremity of the valley. 
Daniel, inhabitant Plymouth, Mass., 
1665. 

John, at Lynn, Mass., 1630. 

Joseph, b. Eng. about 1620, on record 
Plymouth, Mass., 1641. 


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RAND 

In the Anglo Saxon, Dutch, Danish and 
German languages the word ram signifys 
a border, margin or edge. It first ap¬ 
peared as a surname in 1475, when Rands 
of Rands Grange, a small township near 
Bedale, Yorkshire, Eng., is mentioned. 
Francis, sent over by Mason to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1631, at Exeter, N. H., 
1657- 

Henry, married, Stow, Mass., 1682. 
James, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623. 
John, mariner, lived Braintree, Mass., 

1657- 

John, freeman, Dover, N. H., 1672. 
Robert, came to N. E. 1635, admitted 
freeman that year Charlestown, Mass., 
in that year, lived at Lyme, Conn., where 
he died 1639-40. 

Robert, inhabitant Lynn, Mass., 1649. 
RANDALL 

From Saxon ran fair, and ulph help. 
Anthony, physician at Salem, Mass., 
1688. 

John, resident Watertown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1659. 

John, settled Westerly, R. I., 1667, re¬ 
moved Stonington, Conn., 1670, died 
1684. 

Philip, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1634. 
Richard, fisherman at Scituate, Mass., 
1640, settled Saco, Maine, afterwards 
Dover, N. H. 

Robert, came from Wendover, Buck- 
shire, Eng., freeman Weymouth, Mass., 
1647. 

Stephen, brother first John, married, 
Weymouth, Mass., 1653. 

Thomas, fisherman, married, Marble¬ 
head, Mass., before 1665. 

William, living Marshfield, Mass., 1637, 
removed Scituate, Mass., 1640. 

William, at Newbury, Mass., before 
1649. 

RANGER 

Edmund, stationer, freeman Boston, 
Mass., 1671. 

RANKIN 

If the name is of Danish origin it came 
from Rank, right, upright, erect. If it is 
Gaelic it would be derived from Rohm, 
a promontory, share or division, and 
Ceann head, the head of the promontory, 
a name of place. Rankin in Dutch sig¬ 
nifies pranks, tricks. 

Andrew, resident York, Maine, died be¬ 
fore 1678. 

John, lived Roxbury, Mass., 1653. 


RANNEY 

From Renaix, Reinow or Renais, a town 
of Switzerland. Rene from Latin rena- 
tus renewed, born again, regenerated. 
Thomas, came from Scotland 1659, lo¬ 
cated Hartford, Conn., removed Middle- 
town, Connecticut. 

RANSOM, RANSOME 

The price paid for redemption from cap¬ 
tivity or punishment. 

Matthew, married Saybrook, Conn., 
1683. 

Robert, on record Plymouth, Mass., 1654. 
RAPER 

Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., 1685. 
RASHLEY 

Henry, died Boston, Mass., before 1657. 
Thomas, brother of preceding admitted 
church Boston, Mass., 1640, removed 
Gloucester, Mass., 1641; became a minis¬ 
ter, returned to England, 1652. 

RASOR 

Richard, married, Boston, Mass., 1660. 
RATCHELL, RACHELL 

Robert, married, Boston, Mass., 1652. 
RATCLIFF, RATCLIFFE 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1664. 
Philip, at Marblehead, Mass., before 
1630, banished from the colony 1631. 
Robert, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623. 
Robert, minister, first Episcopal minister 
settled in N. E. 1686, returned England 
1689. 

William, married, Stamford, Conn., 
1659, removed Greenwich, Conn., 1669. 
RATHBON, RATHBONE 

From the Saxon, signifying an early gift. 
John, son of Richard R., b. Eng. 1610, 
resident Roxbury, Mass., 1660, one of 
original purchasers of Block Island, R. 
I., 1678. 

RATSTOCK 

Joshua, resident Boston, Mass., 1687. 

RAVENSCROFT 

Anthony, at Westerly, R. I., 1661. 
Samuel, member artillery company, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1679. 

RAWLINS, RAWLINGS, ROLLINS 

From Raoul, French for Ralph, and the 
patronymic termination ings; —Ralph’s 
son; English ancestry traced to Roger 
Rawlin, Lord of a manor in County of 
Norfolk, England, 1634. 

James, freeman Newbury, Mass., 1634, 
resident Dover, N. H., 1636. 

Jasper, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1633, 
removed Wethersfield, Conn., 1635, later 
Windsor, Conn., returned Roxbury, 
Mass., 1646, removed Boston, Mass., 1654. 


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John, resident Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Nicholas, married, Newbury, Mass., 
1678. 

Richard, plasterer, at Boston, Mass., 
1638, freeman 1643. 

Robert, swore allegiance Amesbury, 
Mass., 1677. 

Thomas, brother Jasper, resident Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1630, removed Winthrop, 
Mass., 1639, thence Scituate, Mass., later 
to Boston, Mass. 

Thomas, granted land Dorchester, Mass., 
where he died 1693, aged 70 years. 
RAWLINSON, ROWLANDSON 
The son of Rawlings. 

Thomas, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 
RAWSON 

The Christian name of Ralph was in the 
early English spelt Rawf, then son 
was suffixed, the consonant f being 
dropped, the surname therefore became 
Rawson. 

Edward, grandson of Edward R. b. Gil¬ 
lingham, Dorsetshire, Eng., 1615, came 
Newbury, Mass., 1637, removed Boston, 
Mass., 1650. 

RAY, REA 

This name may have several origins. 
Ruadh and Reagh, Gaelic, swarthy, red, 
sandy complexioned. Re, the moon. Ray, 
a beam of light, luster. Re, from ruo, 
to rush, applied to a stream, rapids, 
whence the river Reay in Caithness, 
Scotland. Rea, Cornish British, wonder¬ 
ful, strange. Rhe, Welsh, a run, Rhedu, 
to run. Rhae, Welsh, a battle, the place 
of battle; a chain. The family is of 
Scotch descent but settled in Derbyshire, 
Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire and else¬ 
where in England. 

Caleb, resident Boston, Mass., 1683. 
Daniel, brother of preceding, came from 
county Suffolk, Eng., to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1630, removed Salem, Mass., 1631. 
James, married, Hingham, Mass., 1682. 
Richard, at Warwick, R. I., 1656. 
Simon, brother of Caleb and Daniel, 
came from Braintree, county Essex, Eng., 
to Braintree, Mass., where he died 1641. 
RAYMOND 

From Teutonic rein, pure, and mund, 
mouth, pure mouth; one who abstains 
from wanton discourses. Raymund, 
German, quiet, peace. 

John, at Beverly, Mass., 1670, died 87th 
year, 1703. 

Richard, brother of preceding, freeman, 
Salem, Mass., 1634, removed to Nor¬ 
walk, Conn., thence to Saybrook, Conn., 
1664, where he died 1692. 


Thomas, freeman Salem, Mass., 1690. 
William, known as Captain, brother of 
John and Richard, located Beverly, Mass., 
about 1652. 

RAYN, RAYNES 

Francis, selectman York, Maine, 1649. 
Joseph, attorney general at Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1685. 

RAYNER, REYNER 

From Raner, a leader of the Danes, who 
invaded Britain; a pirate, a robber, a 
term given to a warrior. 

Henry, married, Boston, Mass., 1662. 
Humphrey, b. Gildersome in the West 
Riding of Yorkshire, Eng., freeman 
Rowley, Mass., 1642. 

John, minister, brother of the preceding, 
b. Gildersome, Eng., at Plymouth, Mass., 
1635, removed Dover, N. H., 1653, where 
he died 1669. 

John, resident Rowley, Mass., 1691. 
Samuel, inhabitant Watertown, Mass., 
1654. 

Samuel, living Charlestown, Mass., 1687. 
Thurston, b. Eng. 1594, came from Ips¬ 
wich, county Suffolk, England, to Water- 
town, Mass., 1634, removed Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1636, to Stamford, Conm, 
1641, afterwards Southampton, L. I. 
RAYNGER 

, Edmund, resident Boston, Mass., 1672. 

» READ, REED, READE 

From Saxon Rede, advice, counsel, help r 
or from the fenny plant, a reed. Brianus 
de Rede was living in 1139, at Morpeth, 
on the Wessback river in the north of 
England. 

Arthur, inhabitant Stratford, Conn.,. 
1676. 

Benjamin, fit to bear arms, Duxbury,, 
Mass., 1643. 

Edward, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
Esdras, proprietor, Boston, Mass., 1638,. 
same year removed Salem, Mass., later 
Wenham, Mass., and 1655 to Chelmsford, 
Mass. 

Israel, inhabitant Woburn, Mass., 1670.. 
John, son of William R., b. Eng. 1598, 
came to N. E. 1630, settled Dorchester, 
Mass., removed Weymouth, Mass., 1637, 
became resident Reho’both, Mass., 1643. 
John, married Scituate, Mass., 1662. 
John, b. Cornwall, Eng., settled Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., removed Norwalk, Conn., 
1687. 

Joseph, resident Boston, Mass., 1671, 
freeman Lynn, Mass., 1681. 

Josiah, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1681. 


CXC1X 


Josiah, at New London, Conn., 1662, 
removed Norwich, Conn., married, 
Marshfield, Mass., 1666. 

Obadiah, married Boston, Mass., 1664. 
Philip, resident Weymouth, Mass., 1640. 
Philip, physician at Lynn, Mass., 1669, 
removed Concord, Mass., where he died 
1696. 

Richard, resident Marblehead, Mass., 
1674. 

Richard, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1687. 
Robert, at Exeter, N. H., 1638, one first 
settlers Hampton, N. H., finally removed 
-Boston, Mass. 

Samuel, brother first Richard, resident 
Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 

Thomas, came Winthrop’s fleet, settled 
Salem, Mass,, 1630, freeman 1634. 
Thomas, at Milford, Conn., 1646, re¬ 
moved Newtown, L. I., 1656. 

Thomas, freeman Sudbury, Mass., 1656. 
William, resident Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1659, afterwards Marblehead and 
Charlestown, Mass. Died at sea 1667. 
William, born Mardstone, Eng., 1587, 
freeman Weymouth, Mass., 1635. 
William, b. Eng. 1587, settled Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635, removed Rehoboth, 
afterwards Woburn, Mass. 

William, brother first John, resident 
Boston, Mass., 1646. 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1665. 
READER u- 

John, granted land Springfield, Mass., 
1636, removed New Haven, Conn., 1643, 
thence Stratford, Conn., 1650, later 
Newtown, L. I., 1656. 

REAPE 

Samuel, married, Newport, R. I., before 
1669. 

Thomas, married, Boston, Mass., 1660. 
William, b. Eng. 1628, resident New¬ 
port, R. I., 1664, where he died 1670. 
RECORD 

The same as Rikerd or Richard, of which 
it is a corruption, liberal-hearted; rich 
in disposition. 

John, soldier in King Philip’s War, 
married, Hingham, Mass., 1677, lived 
at Weymouth, Mass. 

REDDING, RIDDAN, READING 

John, married Sandwich, Mass., 1676. 
Joseph, came to Boston, Mass., in Win¬ 
throp’s fleet, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 
1634, removed Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 
Miles, cooper, brother of preceding, 
came in Winthrop’s fleet, freeman, Bos¬ 


ton, Mass., 1634, proprietor Billerica, 
Mass., 1665. 

Thaddeus, resident Lynn, Mass., 1660, 
removed Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
Thomas, freeman Saco, Maine, 1653. 
REDDOCK 

Henry, resident Providence, R. I., 1645- 
55, living Warwick, R. I., 1661. 

John, proprietor Sudbury, Mass., 1640. 
REDFIELD, REDFIN 

William, tanner, proprietor Cambridge, 
Mass., 1639, removed New London, 
Conn., 1646. 

REDIAT, RIDIAT, RADGATE 

John, freeman Sudbury, Mass., 1645. 
REDINGTON 

Abraham, at Rowley, Mass., 1667, after¬ 
wards at Topsfield or Boxford, Mass.; 
no issue. 

Daniel, freeman Topsfield, Mass., 1685. 
Thomas, freeman Boxford, Mass., 1690. 
REDKNAP, REDNAPE 

Joseph, wine-cooper, came from London, 
Eng., to Lynn, Mass., freeman 1634. 
REDMAN 

John, blacksmith, early settler Hampton, 
N. H., 1642, where he resided 1685. 
Robert, was at Dorchester, Mass., died 
Milton, Mass., 1678. 

REDWAY, REDWEY, READAWAY, 
REDDAWAY 

John, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 1646. 
REEVE, REEVES 

From Reeve, a bailiff, provost, or stew¬ 
ard. 

John, b. Eng. 1616, came to N. E. 1635, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, granted 
land Salem, Mass., 1643. 

Robert, resident Hartford, Conn., 1663. 
Thomas, came Roxbury, Mass., 1638, 
freeman 1644, removed Springfield, 
Mass., 1646. 

Thomas, freeman, Conn., 1662, resided 
Southampton, L. I., 1673. 

William, brother of John, b. Eng. 1613, 
came to N. E. 1635, living at Salem, 
Mass., 1668. 

REITH 

Richard, married, Lynn, Mass., 1665, at 
Marblehead, Mass., 1675. 

RELPH, RALPH, RELF 

Thomas, married, Warwick, R. I., 1655; 
previous to this at Guilford, Conn. 
REMICK 

Christian, b. Eng. or Holland 1631, 
freeman Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
REMINGTON, RIMMINGTON 

A place name from Remmington, a town- 


cc 


ship in the parish of Gisburn, West Rid¬ 
ing, Yorkshire, England. 

John, came from Yorkshire, Eng., to 
Newbury, Mass., 1637, later removed 
Rowley, Mass., and about 1662 to Rox- 
bury, Mass. 

John, resident Haverhill and Andover, 
Mass., before 1661. 

Thomas, freeman Rowley, Mass., 1672, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1673, thence to 
Suffield, Conn., 1677. 

Thomas, married, Hingham, Mass., 
1688, removed Roxbury, Mass. 
RENDALL 

James, married, Portsmouth, N. H., 1686. 
REVELL 

Thomas, merchant, resident New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1662-66. 

REW 

Edward, resident Newport, R. I., 1638, 
removed Taunton, Mass., 1643. 

REX 

William, proprietor Watertown, Mass., 
1642, afterwards living Boston, Mass. 

REYNOLDS, RENOLD, RENOLDS 

From Saxon rhein, pure, and hold, the 
old English for love, ie sincere or pure 
love. It may also signify strong or firm 
hold. 

Henry, granted land Salem, Mass., 1642, 
removed Lynn, Mass., 1647. 

James, at Plymouth, Mass., removed to 
R. I., settling before 1674 at Warwick. 
John, b. Eng. about 1612, settled Water- 
town, Mass., 1634, removed Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1636, thence Stamford, 
Conn., 1641, freeman Greenwich, Conn., 
1669. 

John, at Isle of Shoals, N. H., 1647. 
John, at Saybrook, Conn., one first set¬ 
tlers, Norwich, Conn., 1659. 

John, carpenter, resident Weymouth, 
Mass., 1660. 

Jonathan, brother first John, represent¬ 
ative from Stamford, Conn., 1667 and 
1673. 

Robert, shoemaker, came from Ayles- 
ford, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1632, free¬ 
man 1634, removed Wethersfield, Conn., 
1636. 

Thomas, on tax list New London, Conn., 
1666. 

William, married, Duxbury, Mass., 
1636. 

William, weaver, settled Providence, 
R. I., 1637, signed agreement of govern¬ 
ment 1640, removed North Kingston, 
R. I. 


William, admitted church member at 
Salem, Mass., 1640. 

RHODES, ROADS, RHOADS 

From the island of Rhodes in the Medi¬ 
terranean Sea; Rhodes, a town in 
Guienne, France. 

Henry, iron monger, b. Eng. 1608, locat¬ 
ed Lynn, Mass., 1641. 

Jeremiah, swore allegiance Providence, 
R. I., 1671. 

John, resident Salem, Mass., 1678. 

John, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1684, prev¬ 
ious at Marblehead, Mass., 1673. 
Richard, at Salem, Mass., 1669. 
Theophilus, freeman Boston, Mass., 
1683. 

Walter, swore allegiance Providence, R. 
I., 1668. 

William, resident Block Island, R. I., 
1678. 

Zachary, b. Eng. 1602-3, inhabitant 
Rehoboth, Mass., 1643, removed Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1657. 

RICE, ROISE 

Another form of Rys, Welsh, to rush, a 
rushing, figuratively, a hero, a brave, im¬ 
petuous man. 

Edmund, known as deacon, b. Barkham- 
stead, county of Herts, Eng., 1594, set¬ 
tled in Sudbury, Mass., 1638, removed 
Marlboro, Mass., 1660. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1669. 
John, b. Eng. 1646, of Welsh descent, 
came to N. E. 1661; married Warwick, 
R. I., 1674. 

Jonathan, married Norwich, Conn., 
1661. 

Michael, freeman, New London, Conn., 
1663. 

Nathaniel, freeman New London, 
Conn., 1669. 

Nicholas, resident Boston, Mass., 1672. 
Philip, tailor, united with church, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1640. 

Richard, at Cambridge, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Concord, Mass., 1636. 

Robert, freeman Boston, Mass., 1634, re¬ 
moved New London, Conn., before 1657 
from Stratford, Conn. 

Samuel, inhabitant New London, Conn., 
1669. 

Timothy, freeman Concord, Mass., 1690. 

RICH 

Wealthy, opulent, anciently, great, noble, 
powerful. Family of ancient English 
origin. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of 
Canterbury, 1236. 


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Obadiah, resident Salem, Mass., 1669. 
Richard, mariner, first record Dover, 
N. H, 1671. 

RICHARDS 

Derivation same as Record (see). A 
Welsh patronymic. Sir Richard Rich¬ 
ards inherited manor at Caerynwick, 
Marionette county, Wales. 

Edward, came to N. E. 1632, married, 
Dedham, Mass., 1638. 

Edward, joiner, b. Eng. 1621, resident 
Lynn, Mass., 1633, where he died 1690. 
James, inhabitant Weymouth, Mass., 
1684. 

John, in Plymouth Colony 1637, re¬ 
moved New London, Conn., 1658. 

John, at Westfield, Mass., before 1686. 
Justinian, inhabitant New Hampshire 

1689. 

Nathaniel, came to N. E. 1632, settled 
Cambridge, Mass., removed Hartford, 
Conn., 1636, thence Norwalk, Conn., 1652. 
Nathaniel, brother of Edward, in¬ 
habitant Dedham, Mass., 1642. 

Richard, resident Salem, Mass., 1667, 
died 1678. 

Thomas, came Dorchester, Mass., 1630, 
removed Weymouth, Mass., freeman 
1640; died 1650. 

Thomas, inhabitant Hartford, Conn., 
1639, where he died soon after. 
Thomas, freeman Boston, Mass., 1645. 
William, first recorded Plymouth, 
Mass., 1633, removed Scituate, Mass., 
1637, afterwards Weymouth, Mass. 
RICHARDSON, RICHESON 
The son of Richard. 

Amos, merchant Boston, Mass., 1640, one 
of the purchasers of the Narragansett 
land, settled at Westerly, R. I. 

Edward, b. Eng. 1617, settled Newbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

Ezekiel, came from Bradford, York¬ 
shire, Eng., to Charlestown, Mass., 1630, 
removed Watertown, Mass.-, 1635, died 
Woburn, Mass., 1647. 

George, b. Eng. 1595, came Watertown, 
Mass., 1635.- 

Isaac, married, Woburn, Mass., 1667. 
James, brother of Ezekiel, was at Wo¬ 
burn, Mass., removed Chelmsford, Mass., 
1659. 

John, brother of George, granted land 
Watertown, Mass., 1637, removed Exe¬ 
ter, N. H. 1642. 

Joshua, married, Newbury, Mass., 1679. 
Nathaniel, freeman Woburn, Mass., 

1690. 


Richard, resident Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Samuel, brother of Ezekiel, son of 
Thomas R. of West Mills, Hertfordshire, 
Eng., b. 1610, freeman Charlestown, 
Mass., 1638, removed Woburn, Mass., 
1640. 

Thomas, brother of preceding, b. West 
Mills, Hertfordshire, Eng., 1608; was at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1636, freeman 1638, 
one original settler Woburn, Mass., 1640. 
Thomas, b. Eng. 1637, settled Farming- 
ton, Conn., removed Waterbury, Conn., 
about 1679. 

William, b. Eng. about 1620, came New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1640, where he married 
1654- 

William, resident Newport, R. I., 1638. 
RICHBELL, RIZBELL 

John, merchant Charlestown, Mass., 
1648, removed Oyster Bay, L. I., before 
1662. 

RICHELLS, RITCHELL, RICHAL 

Sigismund, resident Wethersfield, Conn., 
1661, afterwards at Branford, Conn. 
RICHMOND 

From Saxon ric, rich, and mund, mouth 
—rich mouth; figuratively, eloquent. Ro- 
aldus de Richmond, English ancestor 
1060. 

John, bapt. Crichlade, Wiltshire, Eng., 
1597, settled Saco, Maine, 1635, one first 
purchasers Taunton, Mass., 1637, living 
in R. I. 1655, died Taunton, Mass., 1664. 
RICKARD, RICKER, RICKET 

George, resident Dover, N. H., 1670. 
Giles, b. Eng. 1579, freeman Plymouth, 
Mass., 1637. 

Maturin, brother George, resident Dov¬ 
er, N. H., 1670. 

Thomas, inhabitant Scituate, Mass. 
Thomas, resident Salem, Mass., 1670. 
RICKETSON 

William, resident Dartmouth, Mass., 
1681. 

RIDDAN, RIDDAINE 

Thaddeus, merchant, freeman Lynn, 
Mass., 1672. 

RIDER, RYDER 

Benjamin, married Yarmouth, Mass., 
1670. 

James, resident Cambridge, Mass., 1651. 
Phineas, inhabitant Falmouth, Maine, 
1658. 

Samuel, b. Eng. about 1601, married 
Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 

Thomas, caulker, resident Boston, Mass., 
1634. 

Thomas, freeman Watertown, Mass., 
1690, removed Framingham, Mass. 



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William, b. Eng. 1650, married Water- 
town, Mass., 1674, removed Sherbom, 
Mass., 1675. 

RIDGE 

John, died Newbury, Mass., 1666. 
RIDGEWAY, RIDGAWAY 

John, living Malden, Mass., 1670. 
RIGBY 

Edward, at Lancaster, Mass., 1654. 

John, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1637, 
died 1647. 

RIGGS 

From the Danish rig, wealthy, rich; or 
the name may be local denoting a steep 
elevation, a range of hills, or the upper 
part of such a range. 

Edward, came Roxbury, Mass., 1632, 
freeman, 1634. 

Stephen, inhabitant Marblehead, Mass., 
1674. 

Thomas, townclerk, Gloucester, Mass., 
fifty-one years ; married 1658. 

RILEY 

Henry, inhabitant Rowley, Mass., where 
he died 1710, aged eighty-two years. 
John, came from Stepney, Eng., to Ply¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1621, was landholder 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1643. 

RINDGE 

Daniel, living Roxbury, Mass., 1639, re¬ 
moved Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 

Jarvis, freeman Salisbury, Mass., 1690. 

RING 

From the Dutch, a canton, a district of 
an ecclesiastical congregation. 

Andrew, b. Eng. 1616, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., with his mother, 1629, made free¬ 
man 1646, one of the first settlers Mid- 
dleboro, Mass. 

John, carpenter, settled Salisbury, Mass., 
1638. 

John, married, Ipswich, Mass, 1664. » 
Robert, brother first John, came to N. 
E. 1638, one first settlers Salisbury, 
Mass. 

Thomas, at Salem, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved Exeter, N. H., where he died 1667. 
RIPLEY 

A market-town in Yorkshire, England, 
from Saxon ryhan, to divide or separate, 
and ley, uncultivated lands, a pasture. 
William, came from Hingham, County 
Norfolk, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 
1638. 

RISCRAFT 

Richard, took oath of allegiance, North¬ 
ampton, Mass., 1679. 


RISDEN 

Robert, mariner, resident, Boston, Mass., 

1654- 

RISHWORTH 

Edward, inhabitant Exeter, N. H., 1643. 
RISING 

James, married, Boston, Mass., 1657, 
admitted to church Salem, Mass., 1662, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1665, thence 
Suffield, Conn., 1679, where he died 1688. 
RISLEY, RISLA, RYSLEY, RISSLY 

Richard, settled Cambridge, Mass., 1633, 
removed Hartford, Conn., 1636. 

RITH, RIETH 

Richard, resident Marblehead, Mass., 

1675- 

RIX 

Thomas, barber surgeon, b. Canning- 
hatt, Eng., 1622, settled Salem,' Mass., 
1649. 

Thomas, married, Wethersfield, Conn., 
1690. 

William, weaver, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1645, died 1657. 

ROACH 

Thomas, married New London, Conn., 
1651. 

ROANES, ROANE 

William, at York, Maine, 1672. 

ROATH 

Robert, settled Norwich, Conn., 1660-65. 
ROBBINS 

Benjamin, married Wallingford, Conn., 
1687. 

John, son of John R., b. Hedingworth, 
Eng., resident Wethersfield, Conn., 1638. 
Nicholas, living Duxbury, Mass., 1638, 
died 1650. 

Richard, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1639, removed Boston, Mass., later Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass. 

Robert, inhabitant Concord, Mass., 1678. 
Samuel, died Salisbury, Mass., 1665. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1620; at Salem, Mass., 
as late as 1675. 

Thomas, resident of Duxbury, Mass., 
1643, removed Salem, Mass., 1650. 
William, settled Reading, Mass., 1680, 
died Boston, Mass., 1693. 

ROBERTS 

From the Saxon rod, counsel, and bert 
or bericht, bright or famous, famous in 
council. 

David, married Woburn, Mass., 1678. 
George, living Exeter, N. H., 1677. 

Giles, brother of David, inhabitant 
Scarborough, Maine. 

Hugh, tanner, married Gloucester, Mass., 


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1649, removed New London, Conn., 1652, 
finally Newark, N. J. 

John, Welsh descent, came Roxbury, 
Mass., 1636, freeman 1639, died 1651; 
no male issue. 

John, resident Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1671. 
John, killed by Indians, Northampton, 
Mass., 1675. 

John, soldier, Roxbury, Mass.; killed by 
Indians, Sudbury, Mass., 1676. 

John, married, Hartford, Conn., re¬ 
moved Newtown, L. I., 1684. 

John, married, Gloucester, Mass., 1678. 
John, resident Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Joseph, sent by Mason, Portsmouth, N. 
H„ 1632. 

Robert, living Boston, Mass., 1640, at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648, died 1663. 

Simon, married, Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Thomas, settled Dover, N. H., 1623. 
Thomas, married, Duxbury, Mass., 1640. 
Thomas, freeman Providence, R. I., 

1655. 

William, resident Dover N. H. 1645. 
Killed by Indians 1675. No male issue. 
William, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1648, removed New Haven, Conn. 
William, married, Hingham, Mass., 
1667. 

ROBIE, ROBY 

From Danish ro, rest, repose, and by, a 
town. The peaceful town. The family, 
originally from Castle Donnington, Lei¬ 
cestershire, Eng., can be traced to John 
Robie who died 1515. 

Andrew, married, Hartford, Conn., 1691. 
Henry, b. Eng. 1618, settled Dorchester, 
Mass., 1639, removed Exeter, N. H., 
1640, to Hampton, N. H., 1650. 

Richard, resident Marblehead, Mass., 
1674. 

ROBINSON, ROBERTSON 

It is claimed the Robinsons were Saxon 
Thanes before William the Conqueror. 
Abraham, resident Gloucester, Mass., 
1642. 

Edward, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655. 
Francis, resident Saco, Maine, 1643. 
Francis, freeman Boston, Mass., 1671. 
George, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 1646- 
77- 

George, married, Boston, Mass., 1657. 
George, resident Swanzey, Mass., 1680. 
George, resident Watertown, Mass., 1684. 
Isaac, son of Rev. John R., b. Eng. 
1610, came to N. E. in Winthrop’s fleet, 


taxed Plymouth, Mass., 1634, freeman 
Scituate, Mass., 1636, removed Barn¬ 
stable, Mass., 1639. 

Jacob, married, New Haven, Conn., 1690. 
James, married, Dorchester, Mass., 1664. 
James, living Scarborough, Maine, 1666. 
John, resident Salem, Mass., 1639. 
John, living New London, Conn., 1646- 
49- 

John, wheelwright, at Ipswich, Mass., 

1640. 

John, at Haverhill, Mass., removed Exe¬ 
ter, N. H., 1657. 

Joseph, married, Andover, Mass., 1671. 
Nathaniel, resident Boston, Mass.,. 
1655, removed Cambridge, Mass., free¬ 
man there 1673. 

Nicholas, b. Eng. 1605, came to N. E. 

1635. 

Richard, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 

1641. 

Robert, married, Newbury, Mass., 1664. 
Rowland, b. near Long Bluff, county 
Cumberland, Eng., 1654, settled King¬ 
ston, R. I., 1675. 

Samuel, died Hartford, Conn., 1683. 
Stephen, inhabitant Exeter, N. H., 1689. 
Stephen, resident Dover, N. H., 1662. 
Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1662. 

Thomas, came from Guilford, Eng., 
1666, removed Hartford, Conn., 1684. 
Thomas, at Scituate, Mass., before 1640. 
Thomas, living Boston, Mass., .1646. 
Thomas, at Salisbury, Mass., 1652. 
Thomas, resident New London, Conn., 
1665-66. 

Thomas, residing Roxbury, Mass., about 
1640. 

Thomas, cordwainer, will probated Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1700. 

William, resident Braintree, Mass., 1662. 
William, living Dorchester, Mass., 1636, 
freeman 1642, died 1668. 

William, tailor, settled Salem, Mass., 
before 1642, at Newton, Mass., 1678, later 
removed Cambridge and Watertown, 
Mass. 

William, on record Concord, Mass., 
1671, removed to what is now Newton, 
Mass., 1673. 

William, resident Lynn, Mass., 1683. 
ROCK 

Joseph, resident Boston, Mass., 1652. 
ROCKETT, ROCKWOOD 

John, at Dorchester, Mass., 1633. 

Joseph, married Rehoboth, Mass., 1681. 


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Nicholas, lived in what is now Med- 
field, Mass., 1640, removed Braintree, 
Mass. 

Richard, brother of John, living Dor¬ 
chester, Mass.; 1635 removed Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass. 

ROCKWELL 

Abraham, at Windsor, Conn., 1640; no 
issue. 

John, settled Dorchester, Mass. One 
first settlers Windsor, Conn., where he 
died 1662. 

Jonathan, resident Norwalk, Conn., 
1687-94. 

William, b. Eng. 1595, came Dorchester, 
Mass., 1630, removed Windsor, Conn., 
1636. 

RODMAN 

Ancient English surname, the English 
ancestor John Rodman. 

Thomas, surgeon, Quaker, resident 
Newport, R. I., 1682. 

ROE, ROWE 

From Gaelic, signifying red-haired; the 
Norman. French, Rou, Rufus. 
Anthony, resident Falmouth, Maine, 
1663-83. 

Edward, swore allegiance Exeter, N. H., 
1677. 

Elias, married, Charlestown, Mass., 
1656. 

Hugh, first lived Weymouth, Mass., 
resident Hartford, Conn., 1661, at Suf- 
field, Conn., before 1678, where he died 
1689. 

John, b. Ireland 1628, settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1655, removed Easthampton, L. I. 
John, resident Gloucester, Mass., 1651. 
Mark, resident York, Maine, 1666. 
Matthew, living New Haven, Conn., 
1651. 

Nicholas, lawyer, living Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1640. 

Richard, brother of Elias, lived Charles¬ 
town, Mass.; perished at sea 1666. 
Richard, resident Dover, N. H., 1650. 
Thomas, resident Hampton, N. H., 1678. 
ROGERS 

The name is derived from the Teutonic 
Rhu, rest, quiet, peace, and gard, a keep¬ 
er; or Rhu-geren, one desirous of rest; 
Rodgarus, all counsel or strong counsel. 
The English descent is traced to Sir 
John Fitz Roger. 

David, resident Braintree, Mass., 1641. 
Elezer, minister, son of Richard R. of 
Weathersfield, county Essex, Eng., came 
to N. E. 1638, first minister, Rowley, 
Mass. 


Henry, took oath of allegiance Spring- 
field, Mass., 1678. 

James, b. Eng. 1615, settled New Lon¬ 
don, Conn., 1635, acquired land Strat¬ 
ford, Conn., removed Milford, Conn., 
1652, finally returned New London, 
Conn. 

James, freeman Newport, R. I., 1640. 
Jeremiah, married, Dorchester, Mass., 
1660. 

John, came Plymouth, Mass., 1631, re¬ 
moved Duxbury, Mass., 1634. 

John, freeman Watertown, Mass., 1637. 
John, married, Weymouth, Mass., 1639, 
removed Scituate, Mass., 1644. 

John, baker, freeman, Watertown, Mass., 
1639, removed Billerica, Mass. 

John, at Dedham, Mass., 1636, after¬ 
wards Watertown, Mass. 

John, resident Branford, Conn., 1662, re¬ 
moved Huntington, L. I. 

John, married Duxbury, Mass., 1666. 
John, died Boston, Mass., 1670. 

John, glazier, resident Salem, Mass., 
1681. 

John, representative Bristol, R. I., 1689. 
Jonathan, resident Westerly, R. I., be¬ 
fore 1680. 

Nathaniel, minister, son Rev. John R. 
of Dedham, county Essex, Eng., b. Hav¬ 
erhill, Eng., 1598. Arrived Boston, Mass., 
1636, settled Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 
Richard, resident Dover, N. H., 1642. 
Robert, b. Eng. 1625, became resident 
Newbury, Mass., 1651. 

Simon, shoemaker, b. Eng. 1615, came 
from London, Eng., to N. Eng., 1635; 
lived first Concord, Mass., removed Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1642. 

Thomas, Mayflower passenger. 

Thomas, freeman Watertown, Mass., 

1637- 

Thomas, resident Saco, Maine, 1652. 
William, merchant, Boston, Mass., 1667. 
William, living Charlestown, Mass., 
1678. 

William, died Nantucket, Mass., 1673. 
William, b. Eng. 1600, resident Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., 1637-40, living Hemp¬ 
stead, L. I., 1649-56. 

ROLFE 

Daniel, son of Robert R.; resided Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., died Salem, Mass., 1654. 

\ Henry, b. Eng. 1590, came from Wilt¬ 
shire, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., before 
1642. 

John, husbandman, brother of preceding, 
b. Eng. 1588, came from Melchit Park, 


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Wiltshire, Eng., to Newbury. Mass., 
1638, one of the proprietors Nantucket, 
Mass., 1663, died 1664. 

ROLLO 

Alexander, early proprietor East Had- 
dam, Conn., removed Middletown, Conn., 
where he died 1709. 

ROLLOCK 

Robert, died Sandwich, Mass., 1669. 
RONALLS 

John, resident Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
Josiah, brother preceding, at Wickford, 
R. I., 1674. 

Samuel, brother of preceding, living 
Wickford, R. I., 1674. 

ROOD 

Thomas, resident Norwich, Conn., 1649. 
ROOKER 

William, took oath of allegiance Had¬ 
ley, Mass., 1679. 

ROOME, ROME 

John, came from Bristol, Eng., to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1638. 

ROOT 

A place lying low, the base, foot or bot¬ 
tom of a mountain, the lower part of 
land. 

John, came from Badby, Northampton¬ 
shire, Eng., settled Farmington, Conn., 
where he died 1684. 

Josiah, came from county Kent, Eng., to 
Salem, Mass., 1635. 

Ralph, b. Eng. 1585, came Boston, Mass., 

1635- 

Richard, member church Salem, Mass., 
1636, afterwards at Lynn, Mass., removed 
Fairfield, Conn. 

Robert, resident Newport, R. I., 1639. 
Thomas, weaver, son John R. of Badby, 
Eng., b. 1605; came Salem, Mass., 1637, 
removed Hartford, Conn., soon after, to 
Northampton, Mass., 1654; died 1694. 
Thomas, mariner, died Boston, Mass., 
1683. 

ROPER 

A common English name; the progenitor 
was of Norman descent known as Mu- 
sard, which was Latinized as Hasculpus. 
A grandson of the progenitor, assumed 
the title of De Rubra Spatha, which af¬ 
ter being corrupted into Rospeare, Rous- 
per Rooper, finally became Roper. 

John, b. New Buckingham, county Nor¬ 
folk, Eng., 1588, settled Dedham, Mass., 

1637- 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1647- 
58, removed Lancaster, Mass.; killed by 
Indians, 1676. 


Walter, resident Hampton, N. H., 1639, 
removed Ipswich, Mass., before 1666. 
ROPES 

George, resident Salem, Mass., 1637. 
James, living Boston, Mass., 1680. 
Samuel, brother of George, at Salem, 
Mass., 1668. 

William, brother of preceding, married 
Salem, Mass., 1676. 

ROSE 

George, one founders of church, Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1639, freeman Concord, 
Mass., 1640, died 1649. 

George, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1662. 

John, came Watertown, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved Branford, Conn. 

Richard, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1668. 
Robert, b. Eng. 1594, came from Ipswich, 
county Suffolk, Eng., to Watertown, 
Mass., 1634, removed Wethersfield, Conn., 
1639, thence Stratford, Conn., before 1648. 
Roger, mariner, married Watertown, 
Mass., 1661. 

Thomas, living Scituate, Mass., before 
1660. 

Thomas, married New London, Conn., 
before 1683. 

ROSS 

From the Gaelic, a shire of Scotland, 
Ros, a peninsula, an isthmus, a promon¬ 
tory. Rhos in Welsh is a moor, a bog. 
Ros in Cornish British is a mountain, a 
meadow, a common; Rose and Rosh sig¬ 
nifies a valley or dale between hills. 
Alexander, inhabitant New Hampshire 
1688. 

George, b. Scotland 1635, settled New 
Haven, Conn., where he married 1659. 
George, early settler Concord, Mass., 
where he died 1649. 

James, b. Eng. about 1635, resident Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., 1656. 

James, married Falmouth, Maine, 1657 
John, married, Cambridge, Mass., 1659 
John, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1664. 
Killecriss may be Gilchrist, resident 
Ipswich, Mass., 1678. 

Thomas, married, Cambridge, Mass., 
1659. 

ROSSETER, ROCESTER 

Edwards, assistant in Winthrop’s coun¬ 
cil, came to N. E. 1630, located Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., but died same year, leav¬ 
ing only son in America, Dr. Bryan R., 
who removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, re¬ 
moved Guilford, Conn., 1652. 


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Hugh, granted land Taunton, Mass., 

1637. 

ROSWELL, ROSEWELL 

Rosveldt, the rose-field; Rosville, the 
town on the heath or promontory. 
William, merchant, inhabitant Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1658, became resident Bran¬ 
ford, Conn., removed New Haven, Conn., 
1668. 

ROTHERFORD, RUDDERFORD, RUTH¬ 
ERFORD 

From the lands of Rutherford on the 
river Tweed, in parish, Maxton, Rox¬ 
burghshire, Scotland. The name derived 
from Welsh Ruther, rushing, swift and 
fford, a ford or way. 

Henry, living New Haven, Conn., 1643. 
ROUNDS 

A descriptive surname; seat of the Eng¬ 
lish family in counties of Kent and Ox¬ 
ford, England. 

Mark, gunsmith, on record, Sandwich, 
Mass., 1681, afterwards Portland, Maine, 
1716. 

Philip, mentioned in New England 
Archives 1678. 

ROUNDY, ROUNDEE, ROUNDAY 

Philip, married, Salem, Mass., 1671. 

ROUNSEVILLE 

Philip, b. Honiton, Eng., settled Free¬ 
town, Mass., 1680. 

ROUS, ROUSE, ROWSE 

From French, signifying, red, red-haired, 
same as Rufus. 

Alexander, at Cambridge, Mass., re¬ 
moved Groton, Mass., 1672. 

Edward, resident Gloucester, Mass., 1651. 
Faithful, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1641. 

John, married, Duxbury, Mass., before 
1640, removed Marshfield, Mass., where 
he died 1684. 

Simon, representative Little Compton, 
R. I., 1690. 

William, goldsmith, Boston, Mass., 
1676; died 1705, aged 65. 

ROWDEN 

John, resident Salem, Mass., 1652-68. 
ROWELL 

From river Rouel in the Netherlands. 
Jacob at Amesbury, Mass., 1699. 
Nathaniel, resident Salisbury, Mass., 
1650. 

Philip, living Amesbury, Mass., 1677. 
Thomas, settled Salem, Mass., 1649, re¬ 
moved Salisbury,. Mass., 1650, resident 
Ipswich, Mass., 1652-58, died Andover, 
Mass., 1643. 


Thomas, worsted comber, resident Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1658. 

Valentine, carpenter, married Salisbury, 
Mass., 1643. 

ROWLAND 

Henry, resident Fairfield, Conn., 1650- 
70, died 1690. 

Richard, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1648, 
at Marblehead, Mass., 1673. 

Samuel, resident Stratford, Conn. 
ROWLE 

Richard, inhabitant Newbury, Mass., 
1678. 

Robert, at Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
ROWLEY 

From Saxon; row, sweet or pleasant, and 
ley, a field. 

Henry, at Plymouth, Mass., 1632, re¬ 
moved Scituate, Mass., 1634, removed 
Barnstable, Mass., 1639. 

Moses, brother of preceding, married 
Barnstable, Mass., 1652. 

Thomas, married, Windsor, Conn., 1669, 
removed Simsbury, Conn., 1682. 
ROWTON 

Richard, b. Eng. 1599, came to N. E. 

1635. 

ROY 

From Gaelic Ruadh, Roe, Roy, red- 
haired, also Roye, a town in England. 
Roi, French King, hence LeRoy. 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1670. 

ROYAL, RYALL 

Isaac, carpenter, married, Dorchester, 
Mass., before 1668. 

Joseph, resident Charlestown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1683. 

William, cleaver of timber, at Salem, 
Mass., 1629, removed Casco, Maine, 1636. 
RUCK 

Samuel, freeman Boston, Mass., 1683. 
Thomas, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1638, removed Salem, Mass., 1640. 
Thomas, innholder, at Boston, Mass., 
1651. 

RUDD 

John, resident Norwich, Conn., at Pres¬ 
ton, Conn., 1686. 

Jonathan, settled New Haven, Conn., 
1640, removed Saybrook, Conn., 1646, 
freeman Hartford, Conn., 1651. 
RUDDOCK, RUDDYK 

John, freeman Salisbury, Mass., 1640. 
RUEL 

John, married Saco, Maine, 1668. 

RUGG 

John, swore allegiance Maine 1665. 

John, resident Lancaster, Mass., 1654. 


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RUGGLES 

A town in France on the Eure. Thomas 
R., English ancestor 1547. 

Jeffrey, came from Sudbury, county 
Suffolk, Eng., in Winthrop’s fleet, died 
1630. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1632. 
John, shoemaker, b. Eng. 1591, came 
from Nazing, county Essex, Eng., to 
Roxbury, Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, son of Nicholas, great grand¬ 
son Thomas R., brother of preceding, b. 
Sudbury, county Suffolk, Eng., 1594, 
came Roxbury, Mass., 1637. 
RUMBALL 

Daniel, blacksmith, resident Salem, 
Mass., 1644. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1613, at Boston, Mass., 
1635, settled Stratford, Conn. 
RUMRILL, RUMERELL, RUMMERELL 
Simon, married Enfield, Conn., 1692, 
where he had resided since 1672. 
RUMSEY, RUMSIE 

Robert, inhabitant Fairfield, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1670. 

RUNDLE 

William, at Greenwich, Conn., 1672. 

RUNDLET, RUNLET, RANLET 

Charles, settled Exeter, N. H., 1675. 
RUSCO, RESKIE, RESKOE, RESCUE 

William, b. Eng. 1594, came Cambridge, 
Mass., 1635, original proprietor Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1636. 

RUSH 

Jasper, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1644. 

RUSS 

A Russian so called in Holland. 

John, at Newbury, Mass.,. 1635. 
RUSSELL 

From the French signifying red-haired, 
somewhat reddish; carrot-color. The 
ancestry of the family has been traced 
to Sigurd Hring Turstain, King of Swe¬ 
den 735. In thirteenth generation from 
Turstain, William Bertrand was with his 
son Hugh at the battle of Hastings. The 
latter inherited the castle of Rozel in 
England, was corrupted in the twelfth 
century to Russell. 

George, b. Eng. 1616, came from Hawk- 
hurst, county Kent, Eng., settled Hing- 
ham, Mass., 1636, removed Scituate, 
Mass., 1646. 

George, youngest son William, fifth Earl 
of Bedford, admitted freeman, Boston, 
Mass., 1680, returned England 1683. 
Henry, resident Weymouth, Mass., 1639; 
no male issue. 

Henry, b. Eng. 1610, at Ipswich, Mass., 
1665. 


James, resident New Haven, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1643. 

John, b. Eng. 1597, freeman Cambridge, 
Mass., 1636, removed Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1649, thence Hadley, Mass., 1659; 
died 1680. 

John, shoemaker, resident Charlestown, 
Mass., 1640, one first settlers Woburn, 
Mass., where he became freeman 1644- 
John, resident Marshfield, Mass., 1643- 
5i- 

John, living New Haven, Conn., 1664. 
John, representative Dartmouth, Mass., 
1665-83. 

Jonathan, brother of preceding, took 
oath of allegiance Dartmouth, Mass., 
1684. 

Ralph, came from Pontipool, County 
Monmouth, Eng., to Taunton, Mass., one 
first settlers Dartmouth, Mass. 

Ralph, married, New Haven, Conn., 
1663. 

Richard, b. Eng. 1611, son of Paul R., 
came from Hertfordshire, Eng., to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1641. 

Robert, b. Eng. 1630, of Scotch descent, 
married, Andover, Mass., 1659, died 1710. 
Thomas, b. Eng. 1641, freeman Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1676, died in that year. 
Thomas, Marblehead, 1674. 

William, carpenter, resident Cambridge, 
Mass., 1645. 

William, mason, married, Boston, Mass., 
1653- 

RUST 

Ancient surname of England, also found 
in Germany, derived from the French 
LeRous, signifying a ruddy or russet 
complexion. It may have come from 
Holland or Low Dutch dialect, signify¬ 
ing repose or rest. Hugh Rust was liv¬ 
ing in England 1312. 

Edward, resident Dedham, Mass., 1665. 
Henry, glover, came from Hingham, 
County Norfolk, Eng., to Hingham, 
Mass., 1633, removed Boston, Mass., 
1651. 

Israel, married, Northampton, Mass., 
1669. 

Nathaniel, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 
1674. 

Nicholas took oath of allegiance Spring- 
field, Mass., 1678. 

RUTTER 

John, b. Eng. 1616, came to Sudbury, 
Mass., 1638. 

RUTTY 

Edward, resident Milford, Conn., 1677, 
removed Killingworth, Conn., 1678. 


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SABIN 

William, signed compact, Rehoboth, 
Mass., 1643. 

SABLE, SABLES 

John, inhabitant of Hartford, Conn., 
1639. 

SACKET, SACKETT 

John, married at New Haven, Conn., 
1652. 

Simon, brother of the preceding, came 
from Bristol, Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 
1638, his widow became the wife of 
William Bloomfield and removed to 
Hartford, Conn. 

SADD 

John, tanner, came from Earl’s Colne, 
county of Essex, Eng., to Hartford, 
Conn., before 1674. 

SADLER 

Abial, soldier in the colonial service at 
Gloucester, Mass., 1689. 

Anthony, shoemaker, came from South¬ 
ampton, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1638, 
removed to Salisbury, Mass., and was 
drowned Feb. 23, 1651. 

John, freeman at Gloucester, Mass., 
1642. 

John, resident on the Glastonbury side 
of Wethersfield, Conn., 1643. 

Richard, town clerk, came from Wor¬ 
cester, Eng., 1636, to Lynn, Mass.; re¬ 
turned to Eng. 1641. 

SAFFERY 

Solomon, mathematician, engaged in 
running line between Mass, and Conn., 
1642. 

SAFFIN, SAFFYN 

John, lawyer, selectman at Scituate, 
Mass., 1653, freeman at Boston, Mass., 
1671, removed to Bristol, R. I., 1690; 
judge of Supreme Court of Mass., 1701. 
SAFFORD 

A corruption of Seaford, a town in the 
county of Sussex, Eng. 

Thomas, b. County of Suffolk, Eng., 
settled at Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 

SAGE 

David, b. Wales, 1639, came to N. E. 
1650, one of early settlers of Middle- 
town, Conn., 1652. 

SALE, SEALE, SAILE 

Sahl or saal, in German signifies a hall 
or coyrt. French, salle. The name, 
however, may be local and derived from 
the river Sale in France, or Saal, a riv¬ 
er in Bavaria. 

Edward, b. Eng. 1611, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
removed Rehoboth, Mass., 1644. 
Obadiah, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1681. 


SALISBURY, SARISBURY 

A Saxon word, a city and capital of 
Wiltshire, Eng. The old town of Salis¬ 
bury anciently stood upon a hill where 
there was no water, therefore the name 
sometimes written Salusbury, signifies a 
town of health, a dry town. 

John, came Boston 1630-40, taxpayer 
Suffolk county, Mass., 1689. 

Nicholas, b. Eng. 1637, on record Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1685. 

William, b. Danbigshire Waters, 1622, 
came Dorchester, Mass., 1648, settled 
Milton, Mass., 1664, removed Swansea, 
Mass., 1671. 

SALLOWS 

Benjamin, Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Michael, resident Salem, Mass., 1635. 
SALLS 

Samuel, married, Lynn, Mass., 1663^ 
SALLY, SALLEE 

Manes, admitted to church Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1647. 

SALMON, SALMONDS, SAMMON 

Clement, married, Boston, Mass., 1660. 
Daniel, at Lynn, Mass., 1630, served in 
Pequot’s War. 

George, resident Salem, Mass., 1668. 
John, at New Haven, Conn., 1682. 
John, died Newport, R. I., 1676. 
Samuel, prosecuted as Quaker, Salem, 
Mass., 1660. 

Thomas, inhabitant Northampton, Mass., 
1659- 

William, took oath of allegiance, Ames- 
bury, Mass., 1677. 

SALTER 

A name of a trade; one who sells salt. 
Charles, resident Boston, Mass., 1685. 
Eneas, mason, Boston, Mass., 1673. 
Henry, residing Charlestown, Mass., 
1656. 

Matthew, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
Sampson, fisherman, came from Caver- 
sham, county of Oxford, Eng., to New¬ 
port, R. I., 1639. 

Theophilus, at Ipswich, Mass., 1648, 
removed -Salem, Mass., 1654. 

Walter, at Boston, Mass., 1658, shortly 
afterwards settled on Long Island. 
William, shoemaker, Boston, Mass., 
1634, freeman, 1636. 

SALTONSTALL 

Richard, a Knight, son of Samuel S. 
and nephew of Sir Richard S., came 
from Halifax in the West Riding, coun¬ 
ty of York, in Winthrop’s fleet, settled 
at Watertown, Mass.; returned to Eng¬ 
land 1631. 


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SAMFIELD 

Austin, at Fairfield, Conn., 1658, died 
1661. 

SAMPSON 

Abraham, at Duxbury, Mass., 1638, 
original proprietor Bridgewater, Mass., 

1645. 

Henry, brother of the preceding, May¬ 
flower passenger in the family of his 
uncle Edward Tilley; freeman Dux¬ 
bury, Mass., 1635. 

James, at Dartmouth, Mass., 1686. 

John, merchant at Boston, Mass., re¬ 
moved Beverly, Mass., 1671. 

John, married, New London, Conn., 
1672. 

Robert, came to Boston, Mass., 1630, was 
a cousin of Gov. Winthrop and son of 
John S. of the parish of Kersey, coun¬ 
ty of Suffolk, Eng. The family was 
ancient in the ranks of Knight and re¬ 
sided at Sampson’s Hall. He was a 
member of the artillery company 1639, 
and returned to England soon after¬ 
wards. 

Roger, inhabitant Ipswich, Mass., 1654. 
SAMS, SAMMES 

Constantine, resident Boston, Mass., 

'i 678. 

John, at Roxbury, Mass., 1640, returned 
to Eng. and was a successful preacher 
at Coggeshall, county of Essex. 

Ralph, tailor, located Dorchester, Mass., 
removed Boston, Mass., 1659. 

Thomas, granted land Salem, Mass., 
1638, living Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 
SAMUEL 

John, married at Boston, Mass., 1652. 
SAMWAYS, SAMOIS, SAMWIS 

Richard, at Windsor, Conn., 1640. 

SANBORN, SAMBORNE 

The name is derived from the Anglo- 
Saxon words sand and bum (a stream). 

It is, however, a place name from Sam- 
bourne in Wiltshire, Eng. The name is 
mentioned in England as early as 1194 , 
spelled DeSandbourne; the lineage is 
traced to Nicholas Sambourne of Wilt¬ 
shire, 1320. 

John, son of William, of Brimpton, Berk- , 
shire, Eng., b. Eng., 1620, was brought 
by his grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bach- 
iler, to Boston, Mass., 1632. He settled 
Hampton, N. H., 1640, and was known 
as Lieut. John. 

Stephen, youngest brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, settled at Hampton, N. H., re¬ 
turned to England with his grandfather. 
William, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1622, settled Hampton, N. H., 1639. 


SANBROOKE 

Thomas, will probated 1650. 

SAND, SANDS, SANDES, SANDYS 

From a Danish word meaning sense, 
wit, or from Sand, Sandy, a Scottish 
abbreviation of Alexander. 

Henry, early settler Boston, Mass., was 
at Rowley, Mass., 1639. 

James, b. Reading, Berkshire, Eng., 1622, 
settled Taunton, Mass., 1658, removed 
before 1673 to Block Island now New 
Shoreham, R. I. 

John, married Boston, Mass., 1653. 
SANDERSON 

Edward, b. Eng. 1615, came from Nor¬ 
folk, Eng., to N. E. 1638, for a short 
time at Watertown and Cambridge, 
Mass., became in that year one of the 
first settlers of Hampton, N. H. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, one of 
first settlers at Hampton, N. H., 1638. 
SANDON 

Arthur, licensed to keep an inn, Salem, 
Mass., 1639. 

SANFORD, SAMFORD, SANDFORD 

From Sanford, a place in Westmoreland, 
Eng., the sand-ford. Thomas de San¬ 
ford, a follower of William the Con- 
querer, founded the Shopshire clan. 
Andrew, at Hartford, Conn., 1651, re¬ 
moved Milford, Conn., 1667. 

James, married, Boston, 1656. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1632, re¬ 
sided Portsmouth, R. I., 1647. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Nathaniel, resident Hartford, Conn., 
1653, where he died 1687. 

Richard, laborer Boston, 1640. 

Thomas, son of Ezekiel S., grandson 
Thomas S., a tradesman of Essex, Eng., 
b. 1607, came to Boston, 1631, landholder 
Dorchester, 1634, settled Hartford, 
Conn., 1639, one of the original set¬ 
tlers, Milford, Conn. 

Zachary, settled at Hartford, Conn., was 
at Saybrook, Conn., 1651. 

SANGER 

Richard was at Hingham, Mass., 1030. 
Richard, blacksmith, came from Dun- 
head, county of Wilts, Eng., as a ser¬ 
vant of Edmond Goodenow; at Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., 1646; removed Watertown, 
Mass., 1649. 

SANKEYS 

Robert, b. Eng. 1605, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Saco, Maine, 1635. 

SANSOM 

Richard, tailor, b. Eng. 1607, came to 
Nantucket, Mass., 1635. 


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SARGENT, SEARGEANT, SERGEANT 
Name from a military title. 

Edward, resident Newbury, Mass., 1684. 
John, Saco, Maine, 1680. 

Jonathan, resident Branford, Conn., 
1646. 

Peter, merchant, came from London, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1667. 

Stephen, resident Boston, Mass., 1670. 
William came from near Bath, Eng., to 
Ipswich, Mass., 1633; one of the first set¬ 
tlers of Newbury, Mass., 1635; with 
Rev. Stephen Bachiler, began Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., plantation 1638, removed 
Salisbury, Mass., and in 1655 helped in 
the settlement of Amesbury, Mass. 
William, preacher, b. Northampton, 
Eng., 1602, came to Charlestown, Mass., 

1638, preached Malden, Mass., 1648-50, 
removed Barnstable, Mass, 1656. 
William, granted land Gloucester, 
Mass., 1649. 

William, called second, b. Bristol, Eng.; 
at Gloucester, Mass., 1678. 

SAULE 

Thomas, resident of New Haven, Conn., 

1639. 

SAUNDERS, SANDERS 

Christopher, resident Windsor, Conn., 
1671. 

Daniel, died Cambridge, Mass., 1640. 
Edward, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1639. 
George, brother of Christopher, freeman 
Windsor, Conn., 1667. 

James, took oath of allegiance, Haver¬ 
hill, Mass., 1677. 

John, came N. E. 1638, at Newbury, 
Mass., 1642, an original grantee Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., returned to England, 1655. 
John, son of the preceding, came to N. 
E. 1635, locating Hampton, N. H., be¬ 
fore 1643, removed Wells, Maine, 1645. 
John, member of the church, Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

John, at Billerica, Mass., 1679. 

Joseph, inhabitant Dover, N. H., killed 
by the Indians 1689. 

V Martin, currier, b. Eng. 1595, came Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635, innkeeper Braintree, 
Mass., 1639, freeman 1640. 

Robert, at Cambridge, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved Boston, Mass., 1639, thence to 
Dorchester, Mass. 

Tobias, Scotch ancestry, came to Taun¬ 
ton, Mass., 1643, freeman Newport, R. 
I., 1655, removed Westerly, R. I., 1669. 
William, carpenter, among original set¬ 
tlers of Hampton, N. H., 1638. 


SAUNDERSON 

Edward, married Watertown, Mass., 
1645. 

Robert, freeman Hampton, N. H., 1639. 
SAVAGE 

Edward, at Dorchester, Mass., 1664. 
John, freeman, Middletown, Conn., 

1654- 

John, married Rehoboth, Mass., 1668. 
John, resident Nantucket, Mass., 1672. 
John, constable Chatham, Mass., 1681. 
Thomas, tailor, son of William S., a 
blacksmith of Taunton, county of Som¬ 
erset, Eng., where the name prevails in 
the parish register to the reign of Queen 
Elizabeth, b. Eng. 1608, arrived Boston, 
Mass., 1635, on account of religious prin¬ 
ciples went to Providence, R. I., 1638, but 
returned the following year to Boston, 
Mass., afterwards resided at Hingham 
and Andover, Mass. 

SAVIL, SAVEL, SAVILLE 

Edward, resident Weymouth, Mass., 

1640. 

William, at Braintree, Mass., 1640. 
SAVORY, SAVARY 

Robert, married Newbury, Mass., 1656. 
Thomas, resident Plymouth, Mass., 
1643. 

Thomas took oath of allegiance, Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1634, removed Newport, R. 
I., 1639, thence Sandwich, Mass. 
William, brother of the preceding, at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1634. 

SAWDY 

John, cordwainer, at Boston, Mass., 

1654- 

SAWIN 

John, son of Robert S., of Boxford, 
county of Suffolk, Eng., brought by his 
mother, a widow, to Watertown, Mass., 

1641, made freeman 1651, died Septem¬ 
ber 2, 1690. 

SAWTELL, SARTELLE, SAUTELL 

Richard, freeman Watertown, Mass., 
1635, removed Groton, Mass., 1662, 
where he died August 21, 1691. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man at Boston, Mass., 1649. No issue. 
SAWYER 

Edmund, at Ipswich, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved York, Maine, before 1661. 
Edward, son of John S., a farmer of 
Lincolnshire, Eng., came to N. E. 1636, 
settled at Ipswich, Mass., removed Row- 
ley, Mass. 

Henry, Haverhill, Mass., 1646, the next 
year Hampton, N. H., and York, Maine, 

1676. 


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James, at Ipswich, Mass., 1669, removed 
Gloucester, Mass., 1677. 

John, married, Marshfield, Mass., i 666 n . 
Robert, Hampton, N. H., 1640. 

Thomas, brother of Edward, b. Eng.* 
1616, came to N. E. 1636, settled Row-, 
ley, Mass., 1639, one of the first settlers 
Lancaster, Mass., 1647. 

William, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng. 1613, at Salem, Mass., 1640, at 
Wenham, Mass., 1645, finally removed 
Newbury, Mass. 

SAXTON, SEXTON 

An under office of the church, a place 
named from Sax-town, a town of the 
Saxons. 

George, resident Westfield, Mass., 1667. 
Giles came to Boston or Charlestown, 
Mass., 1630. 

Joseph, married, Stoughton, Conn. 

Peter, preacher, from Yorkshire, Eng., 
at Scituate, Mass., 1640, returned to Eng¬ 
land where he died October 1, 1651. 
Richard, married, Windsor, Conn., 
1646. 

Thomas, miller, resident Boston, Mass., 
1645. 

SAYER, SAYERS, SAYRE 

Thomas, at Lynn, Mass., 1635, became 
one of the purchasers of Southampton, 
L. I., 1640. 

SAYLE, SAYLES 

John, b. Eng. 1633, freeman Providence, 

R. I., 1655. 

SAYWARD, SAYWORD 

Edmund, at Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 

Henry, at Hampton, N. H., 1646, re¬ 
moved Portsmouth, N. H., 1650, after¬ 
wards York, Maine, 1664. 

Richard, resident of New Hampshire, 
1662. 

SAYWELL 

Robert, b. Eng. 1605, came Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

SCADDING 

William, Taunton, Mass., 1638. 
SCADLOCK 

William, freeman, Saco, Maine, 1653, 
died 1662. 

SCALES 

John, at Rowley, Mass., 1648. 
SCAMMON, SCAMMAN, SCAMMOND 
William, at Boston, Mass., 1640. 
SCAMP 

Robert, married Gloucester, Mass., 1661. 
SCANT 

William, married Braintree, Mass., 

1654. 


SCARBOROUGH, SCARBARROW 

A Saxon word from the seaport and 
borough, Scarborough in Yorkshire, 
England, from sc ear, a sharp rock or 
hill and burgh, a town or fort on or by 
the sharp-peaked rocks. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1640. 
SCARLET 

Benjamin, b. Eng. 1624, bound as an 
apprentice to Capt. Endicott, of Salem, 
Mass., 1635. 

John, at Springfield, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved Boston 1650. 

Samuel, master of a schooner, brother 
of preceding, freeman and constable, 
Boston, 1672. 

SCATE 

John, at Boston, Mass., 1659. 

SCATHE, SKEATH 

John, cordwainer, Hingham, Mass., 1647, 
later at Boston, Mass. 

SCHRICK 

Paulus, Dutchman, Hartford, Conn., 

1635- 

SCOFIELD, SCOVIL, SKOFIELD 

Arthur, proprietor Middletown, Conn., 
1671. 

Daniel, grandson Sir Cuthbert S., of 
Scofield, Manor, England, b. Rochdale, 
Lancashire, Eng., came Ipswich, Mass., 
1639, removed Stamford, Conn., 1641, 
where he died 1670. 

Edward, resident Haddam, Conn. 

John, married, Farmington, Conn., 1666, 
removed Waterbury, Conn., thence Had¬ 
dam, Conn., where he died 1712. 

John, married, Middletown, Conn., 1698. 
Richard, b. Eng. 1626, came Ipswich, 
Mass., 1648, removed Stamford, Conn., 
1650, where he died 1671. 

William, settled Haddam, Conn., after 
1668. 

SCOLLEY, SCHOLLEY 

John, b. 1641, lived at Charlestown, 
Mass., at Malden, Mass., 1674. 

SCOON, SCONE 

John, married, Westfield, Mass., before 
1676. 

SCOTCHFORD 

John, town clerk, Concord, Mass., where 
he died June 10, 1696. No issue. 

SCOTT 

Most authorities claim the name is de¬ 
rived from Scota, a daughter of Pha- 
roah, King of Egypt, drowned in the 
Red Sea. A native of Scotland, the 
original word in Ossian is Scuta, which 
signified restless wanderer, hence the 
propriety of the name Scuite or Scot. 


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Benjamin, b. Eng., settled Braintree, 

1643, removed to Cambridge, Mass., 

1644, to Rowley, Mass., before 1652, 
where he died 1671. 

Edmund, Farmington, Conn., 1649, orig¬ 
inal proprietor Waterbury, Conn., where 
he died 1691. 

John, freeman Mass. 1639. 

John, freeman Mass. 1643. 

John, servant at Salem, Mass., 1648, re¬ 
moved Providence, R. I. 

John, b. Eng. 1607, at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1658, where he died Jan. 25, 1682. 
John, married, Springfield, Mass., 1659, 
removed Suffield, Conn., before 1683. 
John, married, Roxbury, Mass., 1672. 
Richard, shoemaker, b. Eng. 1607, joined 
church, Boston, Mass., 1634, removed to 
Ipswich, Mass., in that year, removed 
Providence, R. I., 1637, converted to 
Quakerism, first Quaker resident Prov¬ 
idence, R. I. 

Robert, came in Winthrop’s fleet, set¬ 
tled Boston, Mass., where he died Feb., 
1654. 

Robert, inhabitant, Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 
Roger, at Lynn, Mass., 1642. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1594, came Ipswich, 
Mass., 1634. 

Thomas, at Hartford, Conn., 1637, was 
killed careless by John Ewe, Nov. 6, 
1643, leaving one son who left no is¬ 
sue. 

William, at Hadley, now Hatfield, 
Mass., 1668. 

SCOTTOW, SCOTTAWAY 

Joshua, b. Eng. 1615, merchant, brought 
by his mother, a widow, to Boston, 1634, 
captain and magistrate at Scarborough, 
Maine, 1676, died Jan. 20, 1698. 

Thomas, joiner, elder brother of the 
preceding, joined church Boston, Mass., 
1641. Will probated Dec. 18, 1661. 
SCRANTON 

From the Dutch schrantsen , to tear, 
seize or break, so named perhaps from 
his warlike propensities. 

Dennis, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1660. 

John, farmer, came from Guilford, Eng. 
to Boston, Mass., 1637, two years later 
was one of the founders Guilford, Conn. 
SCRIBNER 

Benjamin, married, Norwalk, Conn., 
1680. 

John, came from Kent, Eng., before 
1652 to Hampton, N. H., afterwards at 
Dover and Exeter, N. H. 


SCRIPTURE 

\ Samuel, b. Eng. 1650, settled Groton, 
Mass., before 1675. 

SCRIVEN, SCRIEVEN 

John, died Dover, N. H., Oct. 2, 1675. 
William, at Kittery, Maine, 1680. 
SCROOP 

Adrian, at Hartford, Conn., 1665. 
SCROUGS 

Thomas, freeman Salem, Mass., 1635. 
SCUDDER 

James, at Woburn, Mass., before 1647. 
John, b. Eng. 1624, came N. E. 1635, 
was at Charlestown, Mass., 1639, and 
Salem, Mass., 1640, removed to South- 
old, L. I., 1654. 

John, at Barnstable, Mass., 1640. 
Thomas, granted land Salem, Mass., 
1648. 

SCULLARD, SKULLARD 

Samuel, at Newbury, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved next year Hampton, N. H., re¬ 
turned to Newbury. 

SEABROOK 

Robert, at Stratford, Conn., before 
1668. 

SEABURY 

John, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1642. 

SEAGER, SEEGER, SEGER 

Henry, married Newton, Mass., 1671. 
Richard, at Hartford, Conn., 1650. 
SEAILES 

James, freeman Rowley, Mass., 1684. 
SEALIS, SELLICE . 

Richard, at Scituate, Mass., 1635. 
SEAMAN 

A sailor that follows the sea. 

Caleb, at New Haven, Conn., 1646. 
John, inhabitant Wethersfield, Conn., 
removed to Stamford, Conn., 1641. 
Thomas, lived at Swansea, Mass., 1687. 
SEARCH 

John, weaver, admitted inhabitant Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1641. 

SEARLE, SEARLES 

Andrew, settled Ipswich, Mass., re¬ 
moved Kittery, Maine, 1668, thence to 
Rowley, Mass., where he died Nov. 7, 
1670. 

Daniel, a gentleman of large estate, on 
record, Boston, Mass., 1666. 

Edward, living at Warwick, R. I., 1679. 
Ephraim, freeman Boston, Mass., 1672. 
John, married, Springfield, Mass., 1639. 
John, married, Boston, Mass., 1661, re¬ 
moved Stonington, Conn., 1670. 


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Richard, at Providence, R. I., 1638. 
Robert, b. Dorchester, Eng., 1640, set¬ 
tled at Dorchester, Mass., 1660. 

SEARS 

Daniel, mariner, resident Boston, Mass., 
1652. 

John, at Charlestown, Mass., 1639, free¬ 
man Woburn, Mass., 1641. No issue. 
Richard, came to N. E. 1630, identified 
Marblehead, Mass., 1637, one of the 
founders Yarmouth, Mass., 1639. 
SEAVER / 

A Gaelic word, saibher, rich; Sever, a 
town in France. 

Robert, b. Eng. 1608, came to N. E. 1634, 
settled in Roxbury, Mass. 

SEAVERNS, SEAVERN 

John, tailor, resident Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1642. 

Samuel, married, Charlestown, Mass., 
1666. 

SEAVY, SEAVEY 

William, b. Eng. 1600, sent over by Ma¬ 
son to Portsmouth, N. H., 1631, at 
Rye, N. H., 1657; died 1671, leaving 
large property. 

SEBORN, SIBBORNE, SEBORNE 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1644. 
SECCOMB 

Richard, inhabitant Lynn, Mass., 1660. 
SEDGWICK 

A town or harbor abounding with sedge, 
wick. 

Robert, b. Eng. 1611, came N. E. 1635, 
at Charlestown, Mass., 1636, founder of 
artillery company, became major gen¬ 
eral, sent by Cromwell to Jamaica, where 
he died May 25, 1656. 

SEELEY 

John, at Isle of Shoals, N. H., 1647, re¬ 
moved Newbury, Mass. 

Robert, came in Wirithrop’s fleet, set¬ 
tled at Watertown, Mass., removed 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1635, joined New 
Haven Colony 1638, among the found¬ 
ers Fairfield, Stamford, Conn., Hunting- 
ton, L. I., and Elizabeth, N. J. 
William, brother of John, at Isle of 
Shoals, N. H., 1656. 

SELDEN, SELDON 

Thomas, freeman Hartford, Conn., 1640. 
SELLAN, SELLEN 

Thomas, inhabitant Ipswich, Mass., 
1633, removed Braintree, Mass., 1638. 
SELLOCK, SELLICK, SILLECK 

David, soap boiler, at Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1638. 


SELMAN 

John, took oath of fidelity Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

SEMOND 

William, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 
1640. 

SENDALL 

Samuel, at Newbury, Mass., later Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1651. 

SENDEN 

Samuel, living at Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

SENSION, SENTION, ST. JOHN 

Matthew or Matthias, settled Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1631, removed Windsor, 
Conn., 1640, one first settlers Norwalk, 
Conn., 1654. 

Nicholas, younger brother of preced¬ 
ing, b. Eng. 1622, came N. E. 1635, to 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1640. 

SENTER 

Name originated in Normandy. 

John, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1650. 
SESSIONS 

Alexander, b. Wantage, Berkshire, Eng., 
1645, freeman Andover, Mass., 1677. 
SEVERANCE, SEVERNS 

A river rising in the mountains, Plyn- 
limmon, in Wales. 

John, victualler and vinter, resi¬ 
dent Ipswich and Boston, Mass., origin¬ 
al proprietor Salisbury, Mass., 1637. 
SEWALL, SEWELL 

Probably from sea and wall, a structure 
of stone or other materials intended for 
defense or security against the sea. The 
name may have various significa¬ 
tions in Gaelic; suil is a willow; 
.suail, small, inconsiderable. Su, south 
and wold, wald, wild, well, an 
uncultivated place, a wood, a plain, a 
lawn, hills without wood, as Suwold, 
Suwall, Suwell. John de Sewede, accom¬ 
panied Edward the Black Prince into 
Aquitaine. The English ancestry traced 
to William Shewall or Sewall, living in 
Coventry, Warwickshire, England, in 
1540 . 

Edward, died Exeter, N. H., 1684. 
Henry, son of Henry, third generation, 
from William, mentioned above, bapt. 
1576, came Ipswich 1634, removed fol¬ 
lowing year Newbury, Mass., died Row- 
ley, Mass., 1657. 

SEWARD 

High admiral, who kept the sea against 
pirates; from sea and ward, a keeper. 
Edward, at Ipswich, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
turned to England 1643. 


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George, at Guilford, Conn., 1651, signed 
the original covenant Branford, Conn., 
1668, removed Newark, N. J. 

Richard died Portsmouth, N. H., 1663. 
Robert, brother of preceding, Exeter, 

N. H„ 1639. 

Roger, mariner, Boston, Mass., 1655. 
SHACKFORD 

William, house-carpenter, b. Eng. 1640, 
settled Dover, N. H., 1662, at Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1669. 

SHADDUCK, CHADDOCK, SCHADECK 
The name of a lordship in Germany. 
Elias, married, Windsor, Conn., before 
1692; no male issue. 

SHAFLIN 


Michael, tailor, came from Salisbury, 
Wiltshire, Eng., to N. E. 1635, granted 
land Salem, Mass., 1637. 

SHALER, SHALLOR, SHALLER 

Michael, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Thomas, freeman, Haddam, Conn., 1671. 
removed Killingsworth, Conn., 1677, re¬ 
turned to Haddam, Conn. 


SHANNON 

A Gaelic name from the Shannon river 
in Ireland. From sen, gentle, and abhain, 
a river, the tranquil river. 

Nathaniel, b. Londonderry, Ulster 
county, 1665; resident Boston, Mass., 
1687. 

Richard, married, Portsmouth, N. H., 
1689. 


SHAPLEIGH 

Alexander, shipbuilder and merchant, 
came from Kingsweare, Devonshire, 
Eng., to Kittery Point, Maine, 1635; 
returned to England 1650, where he soon 
died. 


SHARP, SHARPE 

Charles, in New Hampshire, 1684. 
John, at Dover, N. H., 1663. 

John, inhabitant Westerly, R. I., 1668. 
John, merchant Cambridge, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1699. 

Richard, freeman Boston, Mass., 1674, 
where he died August 5, 1677. 

Robert, b. Eng. 1615 came to N. E. 1635, 
located Dorchester, Mass., removed to 
Muddy river, (Brookline) Mass., 1650. 
Thomas, came to Boston, Mass., in 
Winthrop’s fleet, soon after embarked 
for England. 

SHARSWOOD 

George, at New London, Conn., 1666. 
SHATSWELL, SHOTSWELL, SATCH- 
WELL 

John, at Ipswich, Mass., 1633; will pro¬ 
bated March 30, 1647. 


SHATTUCK 

yWiLLiAM, b. Eng. 1621-22, proprietor at 
Watertown, Mass., 1642. 

SHAW 

From the Scotch, a plain surrounded by 
trees or an open space between woods. 
Abraham, b. Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., 
settled at Watertown, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved Dedham, Mass., 1638, two years 
later to Cambridge, Mass. 

Andrew, at Salem, Mass., 1691. 
Anthony, married, Boston, Mass., 1653, 
removed Portsmouth, R. I. 

Edward, at Duxbury, Mass., 1632. 

John, at Plymouth, Mass., 1632, one of 
the purchasers Dartmouth, Mass., 1652. 
John, tailor, Malden, Mass., before 
1667. 

John, resident Rehoboth, Mass., before 
1680, formerly at Weymouth, Mass. 
Joseph, cooper, married, Boston, Mass., 

1653- 

Joseph, married, Charlestown,, Mass., 
1664. 

Roger, at Cambridge, Mass., 1636, re¬ 
moved Hampton, N. H., 1639. 

Thomas, resident Hingham, Mass., 1637, 
removed Barnstable, Mass., before 1643. 
Thomas, inhabitant Charlestown, Mass., 
before 1645. 

William, servant at Salem, Mass., 1657. 
SHAWSON 

George, at Duxbury, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved Sandwich, Mass., 1640. 
SHEAFFE 

Edmund, came from Cranbrook, County 
of Kent, Eng., to Boston, Mass., before 
1650. 

Jacob, cousin of the preceding, b. Cran¬ 
brook, County of Kent, Eng., 1616, son of 
Edmund; came to Boston, Mass., with 
his mother, removed Guilford, Conn.' 
died March 22, 1659. 

Sampson, merchant Boston, Mass., 1672. 
William, married, Charlestown, Mass., 
1672. 

SHEARER 

Thomas, tailor, married, Boston, Mass., 
1659 - 

SHEARS, SHEERES 

Jeremiah, died York, Maine, 1664. 
Samuel, married, Dedham, Mass., 1658. 
William, at Boston, Mass., 1657. 
SHEATHER 

John, Guilford, Conn., 1650. 

SHED, SHEDD 

Daniel, settled Boston, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved Billerica, Mass., 1659. 


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SHEFFIELD 

Edmund, married, Roxbury, Mass., 1641. 
Ichabod, at Dover, N. H., 1658, re¬ 
moved Portsmouth, R. I., 1661. 

Joseph, brother of the preceding, at 
Portsmouth, R. I., 1643, where he died 

1655- 

Thomas, mariner, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1663. 

William, mariner, inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., 1653. 

William, at Dover, N. H., 1658, removed 
Hingham, Mass., 1675, afterwards to 
Sherborn, Mass., where he died Dec. 6, 
1700. 

SHELDON, SHELDEN 

A Cornish British name from schell, a 
spring, and dene, a small valley, the 
spring in the valley. Also a place name 
from Sheldon in the parish of Bake- 
well, Derbyshire, Eng., parishes of this 
name in Derbyshire and Warwick¬ 
shire. 

Godfrey, b. Eng. 1599, came to N. E. 
1660, settled Scarborough where he died 
1671. 

Isaac, son of Isaac S., b. Eng. 1627, 
came Windsor, Conn., 1651, settled 
Northampton, Mass., 1655. 

John, married, Billerica, Mass., 1659. 
John, b. Eng. 1630, came to N. E. 1650- 
60, settled Providence, R. I., 1675. 
Nicholas, married, Providence, R. I., 
1682. 

Timothy, swore allegiance Providence, 
R. I., 1682. 

William, at Billerica 1659. 

SHELLEY, SHERLEY, SHIRLEY 

Derived from Shelley, a local town in the 
counties of Essex, Suffolk and York, 
Eng.; from schell, a spring, and ley, a 
field. 

Robert, came Boston, Mass., 1632, re¬ 
moved Barnstable, Mass., 1640. 
SHELLSTONE 

Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1678. 
SHELTON 

Daniel, merchant, b. Deptford, York¬ 
shire, Eng., settled Stratford, Conn., 
1686. 

SHEPARD, SHEPPARD, SHEPHERD 

Andrew, merchant, died Boston, Mass., 
1676. 

Edward, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 
1643. 

Francis, at Charlestown, Mass., 1677. 
George, freeman Providence, R. I., 1646. 


John, b. Eng., 1599, brother of Edward, 
settled Braintree, Mass., 1635. 

John, married, Cambridge, Mass., 1649. 
John, representative from Lynn, Mass., 

1689. 

John, resident Rowley, Mass., 1691. 
John, freeman Concord, Mass., 1690. 
Ralph, b. Eng. 1606, came from Step¬ 
ney, Eng., to Charlstown, Mass., 1635, 
the following year removed Dedham, 
Mass., afterwards lived Rehoboth, Wey¬ 
mouth, Concord, finally Malden, Mass. 
Samuel, b. Eng. 1613, freeman Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1636, returned England 
before 1658. 

Samuel, took oath of allegiance Haver¬ 
hill, Mass., 1677. 

Solomon, freeman Salisbury, Mass., 

1690. 

Thomas, preacher, son of William S., b. 
Towcester, county of Northampton, 
Eng., Nov. 5, 1605, came to N. E. 1634, 
settled Cambridge, Mass., where he died 
Aug. 25 or 28, 1649. 

SHEPARDSON 

Daniel, blacksmith, at Charlestown, 
Mass., 1632. 

SHEPLEY, SHIPLEY 

John, granted land Salem, Mass., 1637. 
SHEPWAY, SHIPWAY 

John, at Portsmouth, N. H., before 1662. 
SHERBURNE 

The first on record in England, Rich¬ 
ard Sherburn, b. 1380, d. 1449. 

George, resident Portsmouth, N. H., 
1650. 

Henry, settled Portsmouth, N. IL, 
1632. 

John, brother of preceding, son of Jo¬ 
seph Augustus, of Oldham, Eng., b. 
Hampshire, Eng., 1615, at Portsmouth, 
N. H„ 1643. 

William, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1644. 
SHERIN 

Robert, b. Eng., 1602, came to Watertown, 
Mass., 1634, afterwards at Ipswich, Mass. 
SHERLOCK 

James, appointed sheriff of Suffolk 
county, Mass., by Andros, resided at 
Portsmouth, N. H., 1687. 

SHERMAN 

The origin of the name is German and 
is an occupation surname, one who used 
to shear or dress cloth, a shearman. The 
early family seat of the family was in 
the county of Suffolk, Eng., where the 
name is found as early as 1420, the 
English lineage can be traced to Thomas 
Sherman, born 1420. 


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Edmund, settled Watertown, Mass., 1632, 
original proprietor Wethersfield, Conn., 
1636, freeman New Haven, Conn., 1640, 
where he died 1641. 

John, clergyman, son of the preceding, 
b. Dedham, county of Essex, Eng., Dec. 
26,1613, came Boston, Mass., 1634, re¬ 
moved Watertown, Mass., soon after to 
Wethersfield, Conn., and 1643, Milford, 
Conn., died Sudbury, Mass., Aug. 8, 
1685. 

John, cousin preceding, b. Dedham, 
county of Essex, Eng., freeman Water- 
town, Mass., 1637. 

Joseph, resident Wethersfield, Conn., 
I 1639, removed Stamford, Conn., 1641. 
Peleg, married, Portsmouth, N. H., 1657. 
Philip, son of Samuel S., seventh gen¬ 
eration of Thomas S., mentioned above, 
b. Dedham, Eng., Feb. 5, 1610, came to 
Roxbury, Mass., 1634, removed to R. I. 
1636, settled Portsmouth, R. I., became 
a Quaker, died Dec. 12, 1655. 

Richard, merchant, Boston, Mass., will 
w probated July 31, 1660. 

Samuel, at Ipswich, Mass., 1636. 
Samuel, husbandman, brother of Philip, 
resided Boston, Mass., before 1637. 
Samuel, brother of Rev. John, at Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., 1640, removed Stamford, 
Conn. 

Thomas, at Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 
William, came from Northampton, 
Eng., to Plymouth, Mass., 1629, settled 
Duxbury, Mass., 1630, removed Marsh¬ 
field, Mass., 1643. 

SHERRITT, SHARRATT, SHERROT 

Hugh, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 1635, 
removed Haverhill, Mass., before 1647, 
where he died Sept., 1678. 

SHERWIN 

Ebenzer, settled Roxford, Mass., 1690. 
John, b. Eng., 1644, married, Ipswich, 
Mass., 1667. 

SHERWOOD 

From the Saxon sher, scir, clear, and 
wood, a clearing in the woods, or the 
cleared woods. It may, however, be de¬ 
rived from shire, the Saxon word scire 
and the German word schier meaning to 
divide, a portion or division of land of 
which divisions there are forty in Eng¬ 
land, twelve in Wales, and twenty-four 
in Scotland. 

George, died New London, Conn., May 
1, 1674. 

Matthew, freeman, Fairfield, Conn., 
1664. 

Stephen, freeman Greenwich, Conn., 
1664. 


Thomas, b. Sherwood Forest, Notting¬ 
hamshire, Eng., 1585, came to N. E. 1634, 
settled Wethersfield, Conn., 1643, at 
Stratford, Conn., 1645, removed Fair- 
field, Conn. 

SHESTELL, SHESTEN 

Thomas, lighterman, householder, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1695. 

SHETHER, SHEATHER 

John, at Guilford, Conn., 1650, removed' 
Killingworth, Conn., 1669. 
SHILLINGSWORTH 

Thomas, freeman Plymouth, Mass., 

1644. 

SHINE 

Thomas, took oath of fidelity, Malden, 
Mass., 1674. 
l '‘ SHIPMAN 

A trade name shipman equivalent to 
sailor. It is, however, an ancient Eng¬ 
lish family and is a place name. There 
are several branches of the- family, one 
at Welby, Herefordshire, one in the 
County of Kent, another Sarington, Not¬ 
tinghamshire. 

Edward, it is stated came from England 
to Saybrook, Conn., 1639, if so he must 
have been in his childhood, freeman 
1667, died Sept. 15, 1697. 

SHIPPEN 

Edward, b. Eng., 1639, came to Boston, 
Mass., member of artillery company, 
1669, removed Newport, R. I., 1688, to 
Philadelphia, Pa., 1693, and was first 
mayor under the charter of 1701. 
SHIPPEY, SHEPPY, SHIPPIE 

Thomas, Charlestown, Mass., 1637. 
SHOOTER 

Peter, died, Braintree, Mass., July 15, 
1655, no male issue. 

SHORE, SHORES, SHOREY 

Jeremy, pioneer Kittery, Maine, 1649. 
Sampson, tailor, freeman Boston, Mass., 
1642. 

Samuel, Kittery, Maine, 1685. 

SHORT 

Luke, came from Dartmouth, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., to Marblehead, Mass., about 
1690. 

SHORTHOSE, SHORTHUS 

Robert, residing Charlestown, Mass., 
1634. 

SHORTRIDGE, SHORTRIGGS 

Richard, freeman Portsmouth, N. H., 
1672. 

SHOTTEN, SHATTON 

George, came with his mother Margery 
S. to Boston, Mass., 1638, removed Row- 
ley, Mass., 1640, finally Taunton, Mass. 


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Sampson, freeman Newport, R. I., 1638, 
later disfranchised. No male issue. 
SHREVE, SHERIVE 

Thomas, Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
SHRIMPTON 

Epaphras, son of Edward, London, 
Eng., resident Boston, Mass., 1687. 
Henry, brazier, came from Bednal 
Green, County Middlesex, Eng., admitted 
church Boston, Mass., 1639. 

Jonathan, elder brother of the preced¬ 
ing, resident Boston, Mass., 1648, died 

1673. 

Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1648. 
SHUMWAY 

Peter, French Huguenot descent, set¬ 
tled Oxford, Mass., 1660. 

SHURTLIFF, SHIRTLEY 

From Saxon word Sceort, short, and 
cliff, a short cliff, separated, cut off. 
William, carpenter, Plymouth, Mass., 
1634, removed Marshfield, Mass. 
SHUTE 

Enoch, Weymouth, Mass., 1636. 
Richard, mariner, Milford, Mass., 1642, 
removed Pemaquid, Maine, before 1651. 
Richard, married, Milford, Mass., 1656, 
removed East Chester, N. Y. 

Robert, brother first Richard. Will pro¬ 
bated Boston, Mass., March 24, 1651, 
unmarried. 

William, married, Boston, Mass., 1659. 
SHUTER, SHOOTER 

Peter, died Braintree, Mass., 1654. 
SIBLEY, SEBLEY, SYBLEY 

John, came Salem, Mass., 1629, freeman 
Y 1635, removed Manchester, Mass., 1640. 
Richard, resident Salem, Mass., 1656. 
SIGOURNEY, SIGOURNAY 

Andrew, b. 1639 of French Huguenot 
descent at Oxford, Mass., 1686, removed 
Boston, Mass., where he died April 16, 
1727. 

SIGSWORTH 

George, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1679. 

SIKES, SYCKES, SYKES 

Name designates a small spring well. 
Richard, freeman Springfield, Mass., 
1640. 

SILL, SYLL, SCILL 

John, inhabitant Cambridge, Mass., 

1637. 

SILLIMAN 

Daniel, resident Fairfield, Conn., 1658. 
SILLIVANT, SELEVANT 

Daniel, New Haven, Conn., 1654. 


SILSBEE, SILSBY 

Henry, b. Eng., about 1618, settled Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1639, removed Ipswich, Mass., 
1647, to Lynn, Mass., 1658; will pro¬ 
bated Dec. 16, 1700. 

SILVER 

Thomas, Ipswich, Mass., 1637, removed 
Newbury, Mass., 1649. 

SILVESTER, SYLVESTER 

Nathaniel, purchased Shelter Island, 
Long Island, 1651. 

Richard, came to N. E. in Winthrop’s 
fleet, freeman, Weymouth, Mass., 1636, 
removed to Scituate, Mass., 1642, where 
he died 1663. 

Thomas, died Watertown, Mass., Nov. 
27, 1696. 

SIMMONS, SIMONDS, SYMONDSON 

A corruption of Simeon or Simon, the 
son of Sim; some authorities claim the 
name is of Dutch origin. 

John, b. Eng., 1615, proprietor Salem, 
Mass., 1636. 

John, b. 1640, resident Rowley, Mass., 
1671, removed Haverhill, Mass., 1678. 
John, resident Taunton, Mass., 1679. 
Michael, paid tax, Dover, N. H., 1665. 
Moses, one of the first comers, b. Ley¬ 
den, Holland, came Plymouth, Mass., 
1621, settled Duxbury, Mass., original 
proprietor Dartmouth, Bridgewater and 
Middleboro but did not remove to any 
of those places. 

Richard, resident Salem, Mass., 1668. 
Samuel, settled Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 
Samuel, at Haverhill, Mass., 1669. 
Samuel, killed by accident, Newbury, 
Mass., June 18, 1682. 

Thomas, innkeeper, sold property Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1640. 

William, died Boston, Mass., about 1642. 
William, settled Concord, Mass., 1639, 
removed Woburn, Mass., 1644. 

William, Haverhill, Mass., 1657. 
SIMPKINS 

Nicholas, tailor, Boston, Mass., 1634, 
removed Yarmouth, Mass., 1638, returns 
Boston, Mass., before 1649. 

Vincent, married Stamford, Conn., 1641. 
SIMPSON, SIMSON, SYMSON 

Alexander, brickmaker, Scotch descent, 
resident Boston, Mass., 1659. 

Francis, Quaker, lived Salem, or 
Marblehead, Mass., 1648. 

Henry, settled York, Maine, 1638, died 
before 1655. 

John, b. Eng., 1605, settled Watertown, 
Mass., 1635, died June, 1643. 


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Petes, died Milford, Mass., 1685. 
Thomas, resident Salisbury, Mass., 1664. 
SINCLAIR, ST. CLAIR, SINKLER 

A corruption of St. Clair and that from 
St. Clara from the Latin c earns, pure, 
renowned, illustrious. The family is trac¬ 
ed back to Rogenwald, Earle of Maerle 
of Norway, a favorite of King Harold 
888, A. D. His son Rollo became the first 
duke of Normandy by marriage 912 to 
the daughter of Charles the Simple of 
France, receiving as a concession the St. 
Clair castle in the province of Normandy. 
The surname St. Clere was adopted by 
his great grandson, Malger, who was 
great uncle to William the Conqueror, 
and his three sons were among the fol¬ 
lowers of that monarch when he fought 
the Battle of Hastings, William the 
youngest son known by the sobriquet 
“The Seemly St. Clair,” disagreed with 
his uncle and formed an alliance with 
Malcolm III of Scotland and was de¬ 
feated at the battle on the Tweed and 
lost his life. He was the ancestor 
of the American family of St. Clair. 
John, son of Henry S. of Brownstone 
and Lybster, England, and of the XXIII 
generation from Rogenwald Sinclair, b. 
Eng., 1630, and was at Exeter, N. H., 
1658, his name appearing on the records 
spelt Sinkler, which in the early part 
of the nineteeenth century became St. 
Clair. 

SINGLETARY, SINGLETERY 

Richard, Salem, Mass., 1637, freeman 
Newbury, Mass., 1638, at Haverhill, 
Mass., 1652, died October 25, 1687, and it 
is claimed age 102 years. 

SINNET, SENNOT, SENNITT 

Walker, resident Boston, Mass., 1647. 
SISSON 

A place name derived from Stssonne , a 
town in France. 

George, married, Portsmouth, R. I., 1667. 
James, brother of the preceding, resident 
Dartmouth, Mass., 1684. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1608, freeman Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., 1653. 

SIVERNS 

John, resident Lynn, Mass., 1684. 
SKEEL, SKEELS 

John, resident of Stamford, Conn., 1670. 
SKEETH 

William, died Charlestown or Woburn, 
Mass., 1672. 

SKELLING 

Thomas, granted land, Salem, Mass., 
1643, removed Gloucester, Mass. 


SKELTON 

In Saxon the hill of separation in boun¬ 
dary, derived from Anglo-Saxon sakling, 
a hut, and the British word ton , originally 
of Danish derivation. The English fam¬ 
ily dates back to the Skeltons of Arma- 
thwaite Castle, county of Cumberland in 
the reign of Edward I. John de Skelton 
was Knight of the shire, 1318. Adam de 
Skelton was English ancestor, 1330. 
Benjamin, on record, Salem, Mass., 

1639- 

Nathaniel, resident Salem, Mass., 1648. 
Samuel, clergyman, b. Eng., 1584, came 
from Lincoln, Eng., to Salem, ^Mass., 
1629, where he died August 2, 1634. 
SKERRY 

Francis, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Henry, cordwainer, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, b. Eng., 1606, came from Yar¬ 
mouth, county of Lincoln ; freeman, Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1638. 

SKIDMORE, SKIDMER, SCUDMORE 

From Cornish British scudh or scuth, 
the shoulder, and tnor big, large, broad 
shoulders; scheidmuur, a Dutch word 
signifying a partition or division, wall. 
James, resident Boston, Mass., 1636. 
John, inhabitant, Cambridge, Mass., 1641. 
Richard, resident Cambridge, Mass., 

1641. 

Thomas, married, Cambridge, Mass., 

1642, settled Lancaster, Mass., after¬ 
wards New London, Conn., removed 
Huntington, L. I., 1672. 

SKIFF 

James, settled Plymouth, Mass., 1636, 
removed to Lynn, Mass., 1637, and to 
Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 

Stephen, representative from Sandwich, 
Mass., 1676. 

SKILLING, SKILLIN, SKILLINGS 

Thomas, Gloucester, Mass., 1642, re¬ 
moved Falmouth, Maine, 1665. 
SKILLINGER, STILLINGER 

Jacob, a Dutchman at New London, 
Conn., 1661. 

SKINNER 

A name signifying dealer in skins and 
hides. 

Edward, died Cambridge, Mass., 1639-41. 
Francis, commander of the fort at Pem- 
aquid, Maine, 1683. 

John, came from Braintree, county of 
Essex to Hartford, Conn., 1636. 

Joseph, married, Windsor, Conn., 1666. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1617, came from Chi¬ 
chester, county of Sussex, Eng., living 
Malden, Mass., 1645. 


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Thomas, baker, freeman, Boston, Mass., 

1673. 

Walter, resident, Salem, Mass., 1680. 
SKOULING 

Robert, came from Hingham, Eng., 
to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

SLACK 

A valley or small shadow dell. 

William, resident Weymouth, Mass., 

1690. 

SLADE 

Ancient English family known as de la 
Slades and is derived from slade, signify¬ 
ing a small strip of green sward in a 
woodland. The name appears in English 
records as early as 1300 in the writs of 
Parliament where Nicholas de la Slade 
is mentioned. 

Edward, native of Wales, freeman, R. I., 
1658. 

William, son of Edward S., Somerset¬ 
shire, Eng., of Welsh descent; freeman, 
Newport, R. I., 1659. 

SLAPUM 

Peter, selectman, Fairfield, Conn., 1669. 
SLATER 

John, died, Marblehead, Mass., 1665. 
John, came from Wales to Lynn, Mass., 
1680, removed to Connecticut at Willi- 
mantic, Mansfield, Ashford and Willing- 
ton, after 1716. 

SLAUGHTER 

John, freeman, Simsbury, Conn., 1674. 
SLAWSON, SLASON, SLOSSON 

George, at Lynn, Mass., 1637, removed 
Sandwich, Mass., 1643, thence Stamford, 
Conn., 1644, where he died Feb. 17, 1695. 
Thomas, granted land Stamford, Conn., 
1641. 

SLEEPER 

Name derived from the Dutch; a cart- 
man or one who carries goods on sledge. 
Aaron, took oath of Allegiance, Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1678. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1616, settled Hampton, 
N. H„ 1638. 

SLEY, SLYE 

Christopher, died Boston, Mass., Nov. 
25, 1697. 

Robert, resident Conn., 1649. 

SLOCUM, SLOCOME 

Anthony, -b. Eng., 1590-91, on record 
Taunton, Mass., 1637, early settler, Dart¬ 
mouth, Mass. 

Giles, brother of preceding, freeman 
Portsmouth, R. I., 1655. 

SLOMAN, SLUMAN, SLOWMAN 

Simon, resident Newbury, Mass., before 

1691. 


Thomas, married Norwich, Conn., 1668. 
SLOPER 

Richard, b. Eng., Nov., 1630, at Dover, 
N. H., 1657, later Portsmouth, N. H., 
where he died 1716. 

SLOUGH, SLOW, SLOFF 

John, resident Newport, R. I., 1639. 
William, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1644, removed Milford, Conn., 1645. 
SLOWE 

Thomas, freeman, Providence, R. I., 
1655 - 
SMALL 

A description name from the statue of a 
person. 

Edward, at Piscataqua, Maine, 1632, re¬ 
moved Kittery, Maine, 1640, at Dover, N. 
H., 1647. 

John, at Plymouth, Mass., 1632, removed 
Eastham, Mass., 1642. 

John, came to N. E. 1635, resident Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1643, removed R. I., 1658. 
John, resident Braintree, Mass., removed 
Mendon, Mass., 1662. 

Thomas, resident Salem, Mass., 1670. 
SMALLEY, SMOLLETT 

Benjamin, surgeon, came from Dum¬ 
barton, Scotland, to Plymouth, Mass., 
1687, removed to Connecticut. 

James, freeman, Concord, Mass., 1690. 
John, resident Plymouth, Mass., 1632, re¬ 
moved Eastham, Mass., 1642. 
SMALLIDGE, SMALLEDGE 

William, inhabitant Ipswich, Mass., 
1650. 

SMART 

Charles, Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
John, came from county of Norfolk, 
Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1635. 

SMEAD, SMEED, SMED 

Richard, at Windsor, Conn., 1672. 
William, married Dorchester, Mass., 
1658. 

SMEDLEY, SMEADLY, SMEEDLY 

Baptist, b. Eng., 1607, came from the 
parish of Odell, Bedfordshire, Eng., to 
Concord, Mass., 1636, where he died Aug. 
16, 1675. 

John, elder brother of preceding, free¬ 
man, Concord, Mass., 1644. 

SMITH 

The most common of all surnames as it 
was applied to artificers in wood as well 
as metal, in fact to all mechanical work¬ 
ers, hence its great frequency. Among 
the Highlands of Scotland the smith 
ranked third in dignity to the chief from 
his skill in fabricating military weapons 
and his dexterity in teaching the use of 


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them. In Wales there were three sci¬ 
ences which a tenant could not teach his 
son without the consent of his lord, 
Scholarship, Bardism and Smithcraft. 
The latter was one of the liberal sciences 
and the term was more comprehensive; 
different branches of knowledge were 
united in the profession which are now 
practiced separately, such as raising the 
ore, converting it into metal, etc. 

Abiezer or Abraham, freeman, Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1677. 

Abraham, householder, Charlestown, 
Mass., 1658. 

Abraham, married, Middletown, Conn., 
1678. 

Abraham, on record, Cambridge, Mass., 

1676. 

Arthur, resident Hartford, Conn., 1640. 
Arthur, inhabitant Hartford, Conn., 

1684. 

Asahel, at Dedham, Mass., 1642. 
Batholomew, resident Dover, N. H., 
1640. 

Benjamin, one of the first hundred ad¬ 
mitted Providence, R. I., 1645. 
Benjamin, b. Eng., 1612, freeman Lynn, 
Mass., 1641. 

Benjamin, living Boston, Mass., 1650. 
Benjamin, came to Providence, R. I., 
1660. 

Benjamin, resident Salisbury, Mass., 

1685. 

Christopher, freeman, Dedham, Mass., 
1643. 

Christopher, resident Providence, R. I., 

1655- 

Daniel, died Watertown, Mass., July 14, 
1660. 

Daniel, resident, Rehoboth, Mass., 1650. 
Daniel, householder, Charlestown, Mass., 
1678. 

Deliverance, resident, Dartmouth, Mass., 

1686. 

Edward, inhabitant Weymouth, Mass., 
before 1642, removed Rehoboth, Mass., 
freeman, Newport, R. I., 1655. 

Edward, took oath of allegiance, Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1668. 

Edward, resident Boston, Mass., 1655. 
Edward, freeman, New London, Conn., 
1669. 

Edward, married Exeter, N. H., 1669. 
Eliezer, resident Dartmouth, Mass., 
1686. 

Elisha, at Warwick or Newport, R. I., 

1677. 


Francis, freeman, Watertown, Mass., 

1637- 

Francis, cardmaker, freeman, Roxbury, 
Mass., 1631. 

Francis, freeman, Hingham, Mass., 
1635, removed Taunton, Mass. 

George, granted land Salem, Mass., 1635, 
removed Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 

George, b. Hertfordshire, Eng., freeman, 
New Haven, Conn., 1639-47. 

George, tailor, came from Salisbury, 
Eng., to N. E. 1635, removed Dover, N. 
H., 1645. 

Giles, resident Hartford, Conn., 1639, 
removed Fairfield, Conn., 1651, where he 
died 1669. 

Henry, first minister Wethersfield, 
Conn., b. near Norfolk, Eng., 1588, came 
in Winthrop’s fleet, settled Dorchester, 
Mass., removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 
1635, removed Springfield, Mass., 1636. 
Henry, of Harpham Hall, near Hing¬ 
ham, Eng., came to N. E., 1638, settling 
at Hingham, Mass., removed Rehoboth, 
Mass., 1643, where he died 1649. 

Henry, husbandman, b. Eng., 1607, came 
from New Buckenham, county of Nor¬ 
folk, to Dedham, Mass., 1637, among the 
first settlers Medfield, Mass. 

Henry, resident Boston, Mass., 1652. 
Henry, inhabitant Rowley, Mass., 1656. 
Henry, b. Eng., 1619, settled Stamford, 
Conn., 1641, died 1687. 

Henry, married, Cambridge, Mass., 1673. 
Hezekiah, resident Dartmouth, Mass., 
1686. 

Hugh, freeman, Rowley, Mass., 1642. 
Israel, carpenter, Boston, Mass., 1672. 
James, granted land Gloucester, Mass., 
1642, removed to Salem, Mass., 1648, 
where he died 1661. 

James, shipmaster, admitted church Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1644. 

James, died Rehoboth, Mass., 1653: 
James, located Weymouth, Mass., before 

1639- 

James, resident Danvers, Mass., 1692. 
Jeremiah, married Eastham, Mass., 
1678 

John, came from Devonshire, Eng., to 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630. 

John, b. Eng., 1595, at Salem, Mass., 
1631, removed Providence, R. I., 1635, 
later to Warwick, R. I. 

John, freeman, Watertown, Mass., 1636. 
John, one of first purchasers Taunton, 
Mass., 1637. 


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John, at Plymouth, Mass., 1643, one first 
settlers Eastham, Mass. 

John, freeman, Weymouth, Mass., 1637. 
John, tailor, admitted church Boston, 
Mass., 1639, will probated June 13, 1674. 
John, miller, resident Newport, R. I., 

1639. 

John, joined the church Barnstable, 
Mass., 1640. 

John, resident Lynn, Mass., removed 
Reading, Mass. 

John, inhabitant Sudbury, Mass., 1647. 
John, blacksmith at Guilford, Conn., 

1643. 

John, ship carpenter, at Charlestown, 
Mass., before 1656. 

John, surveyor, called John the Mason, 
settled Providence, R. I., lived War¬ 
wick, R. I., 1657. 

John, resident Dedham, Mass., 1644. 
John, located Milford, Conn., 1640, one 
ten owners, of Derby, Conn. 

John, settled Hampton, N. H.. 1644. 
John, came to Dorchester, Mass., 1635. 
John, freeman, Hingham, Mass., 1647. 
John, called Jamaica John, died Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., about 1685. 

John, resident Taunton, Mass., 1663. 
John, tailor, living Salem, Mass., 1659. 
John, Mason, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 
1671. 

John, called Nailor Smith, resided Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1653, removed New London, 
Conn., 1658, died Oct. 4, 1670. 

John, resident, Dedham, Mass., 1661. 
John, married, Eastham, Mass., 1667. 
John, married, Eastham, Mass., 1668. 
John, mason, living Boston, Mass., 1678. 
John, tailor, took oath of allegiance, 
Hampton, N. H., 1678. 

John, cooper, took oath of allegiance, 
Hampton, N. H., 1678. 

John, bricklayer, married Boston, Mass., 
1671. 

John, mason, householder, Charlestown, 
Mass., 1678. 

John, resident, Newport, R. I., 1678. 
John, living Dartmouth, Mass., 1686. 
John, tanner, resident Cambridge or 
Newton, Mass., before 1676. 

John, living Gloucester, Mass., 1689. 
John, married Salem, Mass., 1689. 
Jonathan, took oath of allegiance, Exe¬ 
ter, N. H., 1677. 


Joseph, freeman, Wethersfield, Conn., 

1657. 

.'Joseph, brother of Christopher, married 
Hartford, Conn., 1656. 

Joseph, resident Norwalk, Conn., 1675. 
Joseph, took oath of allegiance, Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1678. 

Joseph, proprietor New Haven, Conn., 

1685, 

Joseph, resident Dartmouth, Mass., 1686. 
Joseph, married Barnstable, Mass., 1689. 
Joseph, minister, married Middletown, 
Conn., 1698. 

Joshua, resident Weymouth, Mass., 
1668. 

Josiah, living Taunton, Mass., 1687. 
Lester, b. Eng., 1632, came Boston, 
Mass., 1656. 

Martin, took oath of allegiance, North¬ 
ampton, Mass., 1679. 

Matthew, cordwainer, came from Sand¬ 
wich, county of Kent, Eng., to Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1637. 

Matthew, swore oath of fidelity Water- 
town, Mass., 1652. 

Michael, living in Malden side of 
Charlestown, Mass., 1644. 

Morris, married Gloucester, Mass., 1681. 
Nathaniel, householder, Charlestown, 
Mass., 1658. 

Nathaniel, married Haverhill, Mass., 
1663. 

Nathaniel, living Weymouth, Mass., 

1679. 

Nathaniel, took oath of allegiance, 
Hampton, N. H., 1678. 

Nathaniel, married Hartford, Conn., 

1686. 

Nehemiah, weaver, b. Eng., about 1605, 
shepherd New Haven, Conn., 1644, re¬ 
moved New London, 1660, thence to Nor¬ 
wich, Conn., 1669, died 1686, known as 
Shepperd Smith. 

Nicholas, married Milford, Conn., 1664. 
Pelatiah, freeman, Malden, Mass., 

1680. 

Ralph, clergyman, came to N. E. 1629, 
resided Manchester, Salem, Mass., New 
London, Conn., early settler Eastham, 
Mass., died Boston, Mass., March 1, 1661. 
Ralph, came from Hingham, county of 
Norfolk, England, to Hingham, Mass., 
1635, removed Eastham, Mass. 

Richard, came from Gloucestershire, 
Eng., one first purchasers Taunton, 
Mass., 1638, removed Providence, R. I. 


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Richard, b. Eng., 1617, first record 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1649. 

Richard, son Richard of Shrophara, 
county of Norfolk, Eng., came to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1642. 

Richard, resident New London, Conn., 
1652, removed Wethersfield, Conn. 

Richard, swore fidelity Watertown, 
Mass., 1652, removed Lancaster, Mass., 

1654. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1613* came Boston, 
Mass., 1656. 

Richard, freeman, Lyme, Conn., 1671. 
Richard, married Salisbury, Mass., 1666. 
Richard, married New London, Conn., , 

1670. 

Richard, living Falmouth, Maine, 1684, 
removed Marblehead, Mass., 1689, later 
Gloucester, Mass. 

Robert, wine cooper, resident, Boston, 
Mass., 1637; returned to England. 
Robert, tailor, settled Exeter, N. H., 
1639, removed Hampton, N. H., 1657, set¬ 
tled Boxford, Mass., 1661. 

Robert, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 

Robert, mariner, married Boston, Mass., 
1662. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1611, resident Hampton, 
N. H., 1657, died 1706. 

Robert, married Charlestown, Mass., 
1687. 

Rowland, inhabitant Marblehead, Mass., 
1648. 

Samuel, died Lynn, Mass., 1642. 

Samuel, b. Eng., 1602, came from Ips¬ 
wich., Eng., to N. E. 1634, settled Water- 
town, ■ Mass., removed Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1638, and to Hadley, Mass., 1659. 

Samuel, granted land Salem. Mass., 
1637, died Wenham, Mass., 1642. 

Samuel, married Boston, Mass., 1659. 
Samuel, married Eastham, Mass., 1665. 
Samuel, resident Taunton, Mass., 1662. 
Samuel, freeman, Fairfield, Conn., 1670. 
Samuel, living Medfield, Mass., 1670. 
Samuel, proprietor at Ipswich, Mass., 
1678. 

Samuel, freeman, Reading, Mass., 1691. 
Samuel, on record Haverhill, Mass., 
1683. 

Shubael, married Sandwich, Mass., 1678. 
Simon, brother first Christopher, settled 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1644, one original 
settlers Haddam, Conn. 

Stephen, married Roxbury, Mass., 1666. 
Thomas, resident Saco, Maine, 1640. 


Thomas, granted land Salem, Mass., 

1639- 

Thomas, weaver, came from Rumsey, 
county of Hants, England to Newbury, 
Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1641. 
Thomas, inhabitant Gloucester, Mass., 

1643. 

Thomas, builder, resident Boston, Mass., 

1671. 

Thomas, mariner, married Boston, 
Mass., before 1656. 

Thomas, blacksmith, married Branford, 
Conn., 1656, removed Guilford, Conn., 
1659. 

Thomas, at Roxbury, Mass., 1660. 
Thomas, married Providence, R. I., 1661. 
Thomas, one first settlers Haddam, 
Conn., where he died 1674. 

Thomas, resident Newbury, Mass., 1668. 
Thomas, butcher, living Charlestown, 
Mass., 1664. 

Thomas, residing Suffield, Conn., 1685. 
Thomas, living Sandwich, Mass., 1688. 
Walter, married, Milford, Conn., 1677, 
where he died 1709. 

William, freeman, Weymouth, Mass., 
1635, removed Rehoboth, Mass., 1643. 
William, admitted inhabitant Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1638. 

William, b. Eng., 1589, constable, Fal¬ 
mouth, Maine, 1636, died unmarried in 
March, 1676. 

William, married Lynn, Mass., 1666. 
William, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1662. 
William, brother first Christopher, set¬ 
tled Wethersfield, Conn., 1644. 

SNAWSELL 

Abraham, residing Marblehead, Mass., 

1672. 

Thomas, merchant at Boston, Mass., 

1652. 

SNELL 

From Dutch word, snel, agile, swift, 
nimble. 

Christopher, taxed Dover, N. H., 1671. 
John, resident Boston, Mass., 1669. 
Thomas, largest land holder Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1671. 

SNELLING 

John, son Thomas S. of Plympton, St. 
Mary, Devonshire, Eng., at Saco, Maine, 

1653, removed Boston, Mass., 1657, where 
he died 1672. 

Nicholas, married Gloucester, Mass., 
1662. 


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William, physician, brother of John, 
located Newbury, Mass., 165!, removed 
Boston, Mass., 1654. 

SNOOKE 

James, came from Fifehead Magdalen, 
near Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, Eng., will 
probated Weymouth, Mass., July 19, 1656. 
SNOW 

From Dutch word moo, cunning, subtle, 
crafty, sly. 

Anthony, resident Plymouth, Mass., 
1638, removed Marshfield, Mass., 1643. 
James, resident Woburn, Mass., 1674. 
John, brother of the preceding living 
Woburn, Mass., 1668. 

Joseph, brother preceding identified with 
Eastham, Mass., 1671. 

Josiah, married Marshfield, Mass., 1669. 
Nicholas, first comer, Plymouth, Mass., 
1623, removed Eastham, Mass., 1654. 
Richard, living Woburn, Mass., 1645. 
Stephen, married Eastham, Mass., 1663. 
Thomas, barber, resident Boston, Mass., 
1636. 

William, b. Eng., 1617, came Plymouth, 
Mass., 1635, removed Bridgewater, Mass., 
1682. 

SOLART, SALART 

John, at Wenham, Mass., 1656. 

Joseph, brother of the preceding, resi¬ 
dent Ipswich, Mass. 

SOLEY, SOLLY 

John, living Charlestown, Mass., 1686. 
Manus, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1646. 

Matthew, brother of John, at Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1681. 

SOLLENDEN, SALINDINE 

John, married Barnstable, Mass., 1679. 
SOMER, SOMERS, SOMES 

Gaelic and Welsh, so swl, or sal, soil, and 
mer, a lake, water, the sea. ie alluvial 
land. 

John at Marshfield, Mass., 1686. 

Morris, resident Gloucester, Mass., 1642. 
SOMERBY 

Anthony, school master, son of Richard, 
grandson of Henry of Little Bytham, 
Lincolnshire, Eng., bapt. 1610, came to 
N. E. 1639, freeman Newbury, Mass., 
1642, died July, 1686. 

Henry, brother of the preceding, bapt. 
1612, freeman Newbury, Mass., 1642. 
SOPER 

Joseph, married Boston, Mass., 1656. 

SOULE, SOLE, SOUL 

A small territory in France, between 
Bearn and the Lower Navarre. 


George, “Mayflower” passenger, removed 
Duxbury, 1638. 

SOUTHCOATE, SOUTHCOT 

Richard, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, returned Eng. the following year. 
SOUTHER, SOUTER, SOWTHER 

John, married Boston, Mass., 1661. 
Joseph, resident Boston, Mass., 1657. 
Nathaniel, clerk of the court at 
Plymouth, Mass., 1636, removed Boston, 
Mass., 1649. 

SOUTHMEAD, SOUTHMAYD 

William, mariner, shipwright, married 
Gloucester, Mass., 1642, removed Pom- 
fret, Conn., where he died in 1649. 
SOUTHWELL 

A place name, a town in Nottingham¬ 
shire, Eng. The southwell or plain. 
William, married Northampton, Mass., 
1687. 

SOUTHWICK 

Lawrence, glassblower, settled Salem, 
Mass., 1639, was banished as a Quaker, 
took refuge Shelter Island, L. I., 1659, 
where he died the following year. 
SOUTHWORTH 

Constant, son of Constant S.; his wid¬ 
owed mother married Gov. Bradford, b. 
Leyden, Holland, 1615, freeman, Plym¬ 
outh, Mass., 1637. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, b. 
1616, died Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 8, 1669. 
SOWDEN 

Thomas, living Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
SOWELL 

Thomas, died Boston, Mass., Dec. 7, 
1654. 

SPARHAWK, SPARROWHAWK 

John, died Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 21, 
1644. 

Nathaniel, innkeeper, brother of the 
preceding, b. Dedham, county Essex, 
Eng., 1598, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 
1639. He died June 28, 1647. 

SPARK, SPARKS 

Edward, servant, b. Eng., 1613, came 
Saco, Maine, 1635. 

John, married Boston, Mass., 1661. 
SPARRELL 

Christopher, freeman, Wells, Maine, 
1653 - 

SPARROW 

Richard, settled Plymouth, Mass., 1632, 
removed Eastham, Mass., 1653- 

SPAULDING, SPALDING 

A place name from Spalding in Lincoln¬ 
shire, Eng. Spalding, a ravine-, from the 
German spalte. 

Edward, settled Braintree, Mass., 1634, 


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removed Wenham, Mass., 1645, thence 
to Chelmsford, Mass., where he died 
Feb. 26, 1670. 

SPAULE, SPOWELL, SPAUL 

Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., 1644. 
William, resident Boston, Mass., 1652. 
SPEAR 

George, freeman, Braintree, Mass., 1644. 
SPENCER, SPENSER 

The name is derived from the Norman 
French. 

The common ancestor of the English 
family assume the name LeDespenser, 
Latin dispensator, from being steward to 
the household of William the Conqueror. 
The family seat founded at the time of 
the Conquest was at Stratford, Eng.; 
the kitchen was in the early days known 
as spence. 

Abraham, married Boston, Mass., 1677. 
Jared, son of Michael S., bapt. Stratford, 
Eng., 1576, came to Cambridge, Mass., 
1632, with his five sons, of whom John 
returned to England. Thomas, known as 
Sergeant Thomas, and William removed 
Hartford, Conn., 1636. Michael located 
Haddam, where his father joined him, 
1662. 

John, brother of the preceding, took oath 
of allegiance, Ipswich, Mass., 1634. 
Michael, brother of Jared, at Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1634, removed Lynn, 
Mass., 1637. 

Roger, mariner, at Saco, Maine, 1652, re¬ 
moved Charlestown, Mass., 1653. 
Stephen, resident Boston, Mass., 1661. 
Thomas, sent by Mason to N. E. 1630, 
at Kittery, Maine, 1652, living Saco, 
Maine, 1654. 

Thomas, brother of Jared, freeman, 
Cambridge, Mass., 1634. 

Thomas, living Concord, Mass., 1666. 

William, brother Jared, freeman Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1634, removed Hartford, 
Conn., 1639, died 1640. 

SPENNING, SPINNING, SPINAGE 

Humphrey, living New Haven, Conn., 
1639, died Sept. 29, 1656. 

SPERRY 

Richard, freeman, New Haven, Conn., 
1644. 

SPICER 

A name of a trade, a grocer. 

Peter, living New London, Conn., 1666, 
removed Norwich, Conn., where he died 
1695-96. 

SPICK, SPECK 

Jared, resident Windsor, Conn. 


SPIGHT 

James, living Charlestown, Mass., 1647. 
SPINKE, SPINK 

Name of a bird, a finch. 

Robert, freeman, Newport, R. I., 1655, 
removed Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
SPINNEY 

Thomas, settled Kittery, Maine, 1659, 
died Aug. 31, 1701. 

SPOFFORD, SPAFFORD 

The name appears in the Doomsday Book 
in 1066, originating from spa a spring, 
and ford, constructed into Spaford. The 
family traced their origin from Yorkshire, 
where there is a small town bearing the 
name Spafforth. 

John, b. Eng., 1612, one of the founders 
Rowley, Mass., 1638, removed George¬ 
town, Mass., 1668. 

SPOONER 

Thomas, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1637, 
died 1664. 

William, brother of the preceding, came 
from Colchester, Eng., to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1637, removed Dartmouth, Mass., 
1660. 

SPOWELL 

Thomas, living Boston, Mass., 1656. 
SPRAGUE 

The origin of the name is Dutch from 
spraak, speech, language figuratively elo¬ 
quent. Another origin is the Norse word 
spreek, signifying lively, active, nimble 
in the mere physical sense. Sir Edward 
Spragge was Knighted by Charles I for 
gallant conduct in an engagement with 
a Dutch fleet. 

Francis, resident Plymouth, Mass., 1623, 
one of original purchasers of Dartmouth, 
Mass. 

Ralph, son of Edward S. of Upway, 
Dorsetshire, Eng., b. Eng. 1603, came to 
Salem, Mass., 1628, removed Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1629, afterwards lived on 
the Malden side. 

Richard, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1605, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1631, died Nov. 25, 1668. 

William, youngest brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, b. Eng., 1609, settled in Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1629, removed Hingham, 
Mass., 1636. 

SPRING 

John, planter, b. Eng., 1589, came from 
Inswich, county of Suffolk, Eng., to 
Watertown, Mass., 1634. 
SPRINGFIELD 

Emanuel, married Boston, Mass., 1655. 

SPROAT 

Robert, married Scituate, Mass., 1660. 


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SPURR, SPOURE, SPORE 

John, joined church Boston, Mass., 1638. 
Robert, at Dorchester, Mass., 1654. 
SQUIRE, SQUIER 

George, at Concord, Mass., 1642, remov¬ 
ed Fairfield, Conn., 1634, where he died 
1691. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1686, re¬ 
moved Reading, Mass. 

Thomas, probably came in Winthrop’s 
fleet to Boston, Mass., removed Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1632. 

STACKHOUSE 

Richard, at Salem, Mass., 1638, removed 
to Beverly side. 

STACY, STACIE, STACEY 

The name is a form of the Latin Statius 
from sto, to stand, stationed, standing 
still, fixed. 

Henry, at Marblehead, Mass., 1648, re¬ 
moved Salem, Mass., 1677. 

Hugh, came Plymouth, Mass., 1621, re¬ 
moved Dedham, Mass., 1640. 

John, brother of Henry, at Lynn or 
Marblehead, Mass., 1641. 

Richard, died Taunton, Mass., Dec. 7, 
1687. 

Samuel, at Salem, Mass., 1678. 

Simon, at Ipswich, Mass., 1641, where 
he died Oct. 27, 1699. 

William, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1680. 
STAFFORD 

Thomas, b. Warwickshire, Eng., 1605, 
admitted inhabitant Newport, R. I., 1638, 
removed to Warwick, R. I., where he 
died 1677. 

STAGPOLE 

James, granted land Dover, N. H., 1694. 
STAINED 

An old word for stones, a market town 
in Middlesex, England. 

Richard, sailmaker at Boston, Mass., 

1654- 

STAIRES, STAIR 

A Gaelic word, signifying stepping stones 
in a river, a path made over a bog. 
Thomas, resident Windsor, Conn., 1644. 
STALLION 

Edward, resident New London, Conn., 
1650. 

STAMFORD 

Thomas, at Scarborough or Saco, Maine, 
swore fidelity to Massachusetts, 1658. 
STANBURY, STANBERRY, STANBOR- 
OUGH 

Josiah, Lynn, Mass., 1639, removed 
Southampton, L. I., where he died 1659. 
STANCLIFFE 

James, Middletown, Conn., 1686, where 
he died Oct. 3, 1712. 


STANDISH 

Miles or Myles, “Mayflower” passenger,, 
removed Duxbury, Mass., where he died 1 . 
Oct. 3, 1656. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1612, Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1636, where he died 1692. 
STANDLAKE 

Daniel, resident Scituate, Mass., 1636,. 
where he died in May, 1638. 
STANFORD, STANIFORD 

John, married Ipswich, Mass., 1680. 
Robert, Scituate, Mass., 1670, removed' 
Marshfield, Mass., 1680. 

Thomas, living Charlestown, Mass., 1688. 
STANHOPE 

A place name from Stanhope in the bish¬ 
opric of Durham, Eng.; from stan, 
stone, and hope, the side of a hill, or low 
ground amid hills. 

The first English record of the name is 
Walter de Stanhope of the county of 
Durham. 

Jonathan, b. Eng., 1632, married 
Charlestown, Mass., 1656, removed Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., where he died Oct. 25, 
1702. 

STANIELL, STANIARD, STONIARD 

Anthony, glover, came to N. E. 1635,, 
at Exeter, N. H., 1644. 

STANLEY, STANDLEY 

A place name from a market town in 
Gloucestershire, England. The place of 
a tin mill; stan, tin, from the Welsh 
ystaen, and ley from the Saxon stan, a 
stone, and /cy-the stoney place. 
Christopher, b. Eng., 1603, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1635, where he died 1646. 
George, married Beverly, Mass., 1680. 
John, embarked for N. E. 1634, died on 
the voyage. 

John, only son of the preceding, b. Eng., 
1624, came with his uncle Thomas S. to 
Hartford, Conn., 1636, removed Farm¬ 
ington, Conn. 

Matthew, b. Eng., 1638, resident Lynn, 
Mass., 1646, removed Topsfield, Mass., 
1664, died Nov. 14, 1712. 

Thomas, brother of first John, freeman, 
Lynn, Mass., 1635; removed Hartford, 
Conn., 1636, settled Farmington, Conn., 
1650, known as Capt. Stanley. 

Timothy, brother of the preceding, free- 
* man, Cambridge, Mass., 1634, removed 
Hartford, Conn., 1635. 

STANNARD, STANARD 

Joseph, early settler Hartford, Conn., 
settled at Haddam, Conn., 1667. 
STANTON 

From jfan, a stone, and ton, a hill or town. 
Robert, admitted inhabitant Newport, R. 

I., 1639- 


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Thomas, b. Eng., 1615, came to Virginia, 
1635, one of original proprietors Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., settled Stonington, Conn., 
1658, died 1678. 

STANWOOD, STAINWOOD 

Philip, a resident Gloucester, Mass., 
1652. 

STANYAN, STANIAN, STANION 

Anthony, freeman, Exeter, N. H., 1644, 
afterwards at Hampton, N. H. and Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

STAPLES 

Name derived from the village of Es- 
taples, France, also it is claimed that it 
was adopted for the invention of an 
iron staple or the maker of it. 

Abraham, Dorchester, Mass., 1658, re¬ 
moved Weymouth, Mass., 1660, thence 
Mendon, Mass., where he was made free¬ 
man 1673. 

Jeffrey, resident Weymouth, Mass., 
1640. 

John, b. Eng., 1610, appears as early in¬ 
habitant Weymouth, Mass., 1636. 

Peter, granted land Kittery, Maine, 1671. 
Samuel, married Braintree, Mass., 1652. 
Thomas, Fairfield, Conn., 1645. 
Thomas, brother of Peter, Kittery, 
Maine, 1671. 

STAPLETON 

Samuel, resident Newport, R. I., 1679. 
STAR, STARR 

Name from the German, stiff, rigid, in¬ 
flexible. 

Comfort, surgeon, b. Ashford, county of 
Kent, Eng., settled Cambridge, Mass., 
1634, settled Duxbury, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved Boston, Mass., where he died Jan. 
2, 1660. 

Samuel, married New London, Conn., 
1663. 

Thomas, brother of Comfort, came from 
Canterbury, county of Kent, to Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

William, died Lynn, Mass., 1666. 
STARBOARD, STARBIRD 

Thomas, married Dover, N. H., i 68 $ 7 " 
STARBUCK 

Edward, b. Eng., 1604, came from Der¬ 
byshire, Eng., to Dover, N. H., 1635, re¬ 
moved Nantucket, Mass., 1660, where he 
died 1690-91. 

STARK, STARKE, START 

From Anglo Saxon stare, German 
Starck, strong, firm, confirmed to the ut¬ 
most degree. 

Aaron, of Scotch descent, settled Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1639, removed Windsor, 
Conn., 1643, finally to New London, 
Conn. 


Robert, died Concord, Mass., 1646. 
William, resident Lynn, Mass., 1641. 
STARKEY 

Strong of body, from Stark. 

George, at Lynn or Malden, Mass., 1646. 
John, clothier and weaver, b. Eng., 1638, 
came from Standish, Lancashire, Eng., 
to Boston, Mass., 1667, afterwards re¬ 
sided Charlestown and Malden, Mass. 
Robert, at Concord, Mass., 1646. 
STARKWEATHER 

Robert, located Roxbury, Mass., 1640, 
removed Ipswich, Mass., 1651. 
STARLING 

Edward, freeman, York, Maine, 1655. 
STEARNS, STERN 

From Danish Stierne, a Star. Severe in 
look, harsh, bold. 

V Charles, freeman Watertown, Mass., 
1646. 

J'saac, b. Nayland, Suffolkshire, Eng., 
freeman, Watertown, Mass., 1631, came 
in Winthrop’s fleet, died June 19, 1671. 
Nathaniel, freeman, Dedham, Mass., 
1649. 

STEBBINS, STEBBIN, STEBBING 

A place name from Stebbings, originally 
Siubing, a town in county of Essex, 
Eng., so called from stub, Saxon, styobe. 
Latin stipes, the stump of a tree, and tng, 
a field or meadow. 

Edward, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 
1634, removed Hartford, Conn., 1635. 
John, proprietor Watertown, Mass., 
1644, removed New London, Conn., 1645. 
John, baker, freeman, Roxbury, Mass., 
1647 - 

Martin, brewer, brother first John, mar¬ 
ried Roxbury, Mass., 1639, removed Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1645. 

Rowland, b. Stebbing, county of Essex, 
Eng., 1594, settled Roxbury, Mass., 1634, 
removed Springfield, Mass., 1635, later 
Northampton, Mass., where he died Dec. 
14, 1671. 

STEDMAN, STUDMAN 

Augustine, Newbury, Mass., 1678. 
George, married Charlestown, Mass., 
1674. 

Isaac, merchant, b. Eng., 1605, located 
Scituate, Mass., 1635, removed Boston, 
Mass., 1650, died 1678. 

John, b. Eng., 1601, came Cambridge, 
Mass., 1638, died Dec. 16, 1693. 

John, resident Hartford, Conn., 1651, 
freeman Wethersfield, Conn., 1654, died 
Nov. 24, 1678. 

Robert, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 1639. 
Thomas, New London, Conn., 1649. 


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Thomas, living Muddy Creek now 
Brookline, Mass., married before 1671. 
STEDWELL, STUDWELL, STEADWELL 
Joseph, at Greenwich, Conn., 1697. 
Thomas, died Stamford, Conn., 1670. 
STEELE 

A name given to a person who was in¬ 
flexible, hard, firm or enduring. 

George, proprietor Cambridge, Mass., 
1632, removed Hartford, Conn., 1635. 
Henry, resident Cambridge, Mass., 1632. 
John, brother of George, came from 
Braintree, Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed to Cambridge, Mass., 1632, 
and to Hartford, Conn., 1635, thence 
Farmington, Conn., 1645. 

Nicholas, resident Taunton, Mass., 1654. 
STEERE 

John, living Providence, R. I., 1645. 
Richard, resident New London, Conn., 
1690. 

STENT, STINT 

Eleazer, resident New Haven, Conn., 

1645. 

STEPHENSON 

Andrew, living Cambridge, Mass., 1640. 
John, shoemaker, inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., 1643. 

Marmaduke, Quaker, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1659. 

Thomas, living Dover, N. H., before 
1641. 


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STEPNEY 

Francis, dancing master, living Boston, 
Mass., 1686. 

STERLING, STIRLING 

A place name from the city of Stirling, 
England, the Gaelic name of which is 
Strila, supposed to signify the place of 
strife, from Stri-thralla. 

The earliest known progenitor was Wal¬ 
ter de Sturielying, born about 1100; he 
was mentioned in the charter granted by 
King David I of Scotland. 

William, ship carpenter and miller, 
Scotch descent, b. near London, Eng., 
1637, resident Salem, Mass., 1660, re¬ 
moved Rowley, Mass., settled Haverhill, 
Mass., 1697, removed Lyme, Conn. 
STETSON, STITSON, STUTSON 
In Danish, stedson, a stepson. 

John, died York, Maine, 1673. 

Robert, b. Eng., 1613, granted land Scit- 
uate, Mass., 1634. 

Vincent, living Milford, Conn., 1646, 
removed Marblehead, Mass., 1674, re ~ 
turned Milford. 




William, freeman, Charlestown, Mass., 
1632. 


STEVENS, STEPHENS 

From the Greek, signifying a cross. 
Cyprian, b. London, Eng., 1644-45, ar¬ 
rived Boston, Mass., 1660, married Chel¬ 
sea, Mass., 1672, finally settled Lancaster, 
Mass. 

Edward, resident Marshfield, Mass., 
1665. 

Edward, married Boston, Mass., 1700. 
Erasmus, innkeeper, living Boston, 
Mass., 1671. 

Francis, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 
i 67 S- 

George, cooper, died Boston, Mass., 1655. 
Henry, stone mason, b. Eng., 1611, inhab- 
tant Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Henry, servant, Lynn, Mass.,' 1634. 
Henry, resident Stonington, Conn., 1668. 
Henry, proprietor, New Haven, Conn., 
1685. 

John, b. Eng., 1609, came from Caver- 
sham, county of Oxford, Eng., settled 
Newbury, Mass., 1637, later removed 
Andover, Mass., 1645. 

John, freeman Salisbury, Mass., 1641. 
John, at Guilford, Conn., 1650, where he 
died Oct. 2, 1669. 

John, resident Chelmsford, Mass., 1679. 
John, b. Eng., 1611, settled Salisbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

Joseph, resident Braintree, Mass., 1677. 
Joseph, freeman, Mendon, Mass., 1673. 
Richard, resident Taunton, Mass., 1670. 
Robert, living Braintree, Mass., 1641. 
Thomas, son of Thomas S., brother of 
Cyprian, freeman, b. London, Eng., 1623, 
came to N. E. 1635, freeman Sudbury, 
Mass., 1665. 

Thomas, resident Stamford, Conn., 1641. 
Thomas, baker, living Boston, Mass., 
1670. 

Thomas, mariner, living Boston, Mass., 
before 1672. 

Thomas, married Newbury, Mass., 1672. 
Thomas, took oath of allegiance, Casco, 
Maine, 1665. 

Thomas, at Westerly, R. I., 1680. 
William, 'shipbuilder, came Boston, 
Mass., 1632, removed Salem, Mass., 1636, 
and Gloucester, Mass., 1642. 

William, brother of first John, b. Eng., 
1617, freeman Salem, Mass., 1642, 
where he died May 10, 1653 - 
William, married Charlestown, Mass., 

1673. 

STEVENSON 

James, married Reading, Mass., 1661. 


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STEWART, STEWARD, STUART 

Walter, the son of Fleance, and grand¬ 
son of Banquo, was created by Malcom 
III. Lord High Steward of Scotland, 
from which office his family afterwards 
took and retained the name of Stewart, 
and from them descended the royal fam¬ 
ily of Stuart. 

Alexander, shipwright, on record 
Charlestown, Mass., 1675, removed Marl¬ 
boro, 1688. 

Daniel, Barnstable, Mass., before 1665. 
Duncan, shipwright, brother of Alex¬ 
ander, Newbury, Mass., 1659, removed 
Rowley, Mass., 1669. 

James, came Plymouth, Mass., 1621, 
must have removed before 1627. 

James, resident Weymouth, Mass., 1669. 
John, married Springfield, Mass., 1650. 
Robert, at Milford, Conn., removed Nor¬ 
walk, Conn., 1660. 

William, died Lynn, Mass., 1664. 
STICKNEY, STICKNEE 

The family of Saxon origin; John de 
Stickney, ancestor 1331. 

William, bapt. Frampton Church, Eng., 
1592, came from Hull, county of York, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1637, removed 
Rowley, Mass., 1639, where he died Jan. 

25, 1665. 

STILEMAN, STYLEMAN, STILLMAN 

Elias, settler at Salem, Mass., 1629, 
died 1662. 

George, merchant tailor, b. Steeple Ash¬ 
ton, Eng., 1654, settled Hadley, Mass., 
removed Wethersfield, Conn. 

STILES, STYLES 

Ancient Anglo-Saxon family, name de¬ 
rived from Stighele, meaning at the stile 
or steps or rising path and was first 
applied to dwellings thus situated. 
Francis, carpenter, son of Thomas S. of 
Ampthill, county of Bedford, Eng., b. 
1601, located Dorchester, Mass., 1635, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, removed 
Saybrook, Conn., 1647. 

Henry, carpenter, eldest brother of the 
preceding, bapt. Millbrook, Bedfordshire, 
Eng., 1593, settled Dorchester, Mass., 
1635, removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, died 
Oct. 3, 1651. 

John, brother of the preceding, bapt. 
Millbrook, Eng., 1595, first lived Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1635, removed Windsor, 
Conn., where he died June, 1662. 
Robert, married Boxford, Mass., 1660. 
STILLWELL, STILWELL 

Jasper, one first planters Guilford, Conn., 
1640, where he died 1690. 


STILSON 

Vincent, resident Milford, Mass., 1646, 
where he died 1690. 

STIMPSON, STIMSON 

Andrew, came from Newcastle on the 
Tyme, Eng., 1637, admitted freeman 
Cambridge, Mass., 1643. 

George, of Welsh descent, resident Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1668. 

John, joined church Charlestown, Mass., 
1685. 

Jonathan, married Watertown, Mass., 
1673. 

STOCKBRIDGE 

John, wheelwright, b. Eng., 1608, settled 
Scituate, Mass., 1635, removed Boston, 
Mass., 1656, where he died Oct. 13. 
1657 ■ 

John, swore fidelity Haverhill, Mass., 
1677. 

STOCKER 

Daniel, married Lynn, Mass., 1672. 
Ebenezer, married Lynn, Mass., 1674. 
Samuel, married Lynn, Mass., 1666. 
Thomas, resident Chelsea and Lynn, 
Mass., 1651-72. 

STOCKIN, STOCKEN, STOCKING 

The name appears in Doomesday Book 
as Stocking with an ending ham, the lat¬ 
ter being the old Saxon heim, or home, 
indicating Stockingham. The original 
seat of the family was in the county 
of Suffolk, Eng. 

George, b. county of Suffolk, Eng., 1582, 
came to N. E. 1633, settled Cambridge, 
Mass., one of the original founders Hart¬ 
ford, Conn. 

STOCKMAN 

John, married Salisbury, Mass., 1671. 
STOCKWELL 

Quintin or Quinton, tax payer, Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1663, removed Hatfield, 
Mass., 1672, proprietor Deerfield, Mass., 
1673, removed Branford, Conn., 1679. 
William, b. Eng., 1650, was at Ipswich 
and Salem, Mass. 

STODDARD, STODDER 

By tradition the first of the name came 
with William the Conqueror to England 
as a standard bearer to Viscompte De- 
Pulesdon, a noble Norman, and was anci¬ 
ently written De La Standard, corrupted 
to Stodard or Stodart. William Stoddard 
a Knight, was also with William the 
Conqueror. 

Anthony, linen draper, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1639, recorder of Boston, for nine¬ 
teen years, died March 16, 1687. 


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John, b. Eng., 1612, lived New London, 
Conn., 1652. 

John, settled Hingham, Mass., 1638, died 
Nov. 28, 1661. 

John, married Wethersfield, Conn., 1642. 

STOKES 

A parish in Buckinghamshire, also town 
in Suffolk, and Gloucestershire, Eng. 
The name signifies, a place, settlement, 
Stuge, Danish, a ravine. 

Henry, took oath of fidelity Permaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

STONARD, STONNARD, STONHARD 
John, resident Roxbury, Mass., 1645. 
STONE 

A town in England was anciently given 
to an individual near a place called Stone. 
“Will at the Stone.” 

Elias, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1687. 
Gregory, son of David S., grandson Si¬ 
mon S., bapt. Bromley, county of Essex, 
England, 1592, settled Watertown, Mass., 
1635, removed Cambridge, Mass., 1637, 
died Nov. 30, 1672. 

Hugh, married Andover, Mass., 1667. 
Hugh, b. Eng., 1638, freeman, R. I., 
1678, resided Providence and Warwick, 
R. I. 

John, ferryman, granted land Salem, 
Mass., 1636, one founders Beverly, Mass. 
John, b. Hertfordshire, Eng., 1610, orig¬ 
inal proprietor Hartford, Conn., 1636, 
removed Guilford, Conn., 1639, where he 
signed the Plantation Contract. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1659. 
John, living Hull, Mass.; will probated 
1664. 

John, early settler Groton, Mass., 1676. 
Samuel, clergyman, brother of Gregory, 
b. Hertford, county of Herts, Eng., came 
to N. E., 1633, settled Cambridge, Mass., 
removed Hartford, Conn., 1635, chaplain 
to Capt. Mason’s troops, Pequot War, 
died July 20, 1663. 

Samuel, freeman, Concord, Mass., 1682. 
Simon, husbandman, elder brother of 
Gregory, b. county of Essex, Eng., 1585, 
freeman, Watertown, Mass., 1636, died 
Sept., 1665. 

William, brother second John, signed 
covenant, Guilford, Conn., 1639, died 
Nov., 1683. 

STORER 

An occupation surname signifying the 
storer or one who stored goods, also an 
official title in the feudal household. 
Augustus, son of Rev. Thomas S., vicar 
of Bilsby, Eng., where he was born, came 


from Alford, Lincolnshire, Eng., to 
Dover, N. H., 1634, also at Exeter, N. 
H. and Boston, Mass., died before 1643. 
Richard, came with his mother, Eliza¬ 
beth, wife of Robert Hull to Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

William, an early settler in Maine. 
STORES, STORRS 

From the Danish storre, greater, larger, 
stout, strong; in Teutonic means great, 
in the sense of rule, power, authority. The 
earliest mention of the English records 
is Rogeries de Stores of Beckfontes, 
1278. William Storrs to whom the 
American family is traced lived in Not¬ 
tinghamshire. 

Samuel, son of Thomas S., fifth gener¬ 
ation from William S., bapt. Sutton, Not¬ 
tinghamshire, 1640, came to Barnstable, 
1663, removed Mansfield, Conn., 1698, 
where he died April 30, 1719. 

STORKE 

John, married Rowley, Mass., 1660. 
Samuel, resident Lynn, Mass., 1677. 
STORY 

Andrew, living Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 
Augustus or Augustine, Exeter, N. H., 
1639. 

George, merchant, resident Boston, Mass., 
1642. 

Rowland, shipwright, at Boston, Mass., 

1673. 

Samuel, living Ipswich, Mass., 1691. 
William, carpenter, b. Eng., 1614, came 
from Norwich, county of Norfolk, Eng., 
to N. E., 1637, settled Ipswich, Mass., 
1642. 

William, taxed Dover, N. H., 1656. 
STOUGHTON 

The name derived from Stoche or Stoke, 
a place in Surrey, England, and tun, a 
word signifying inclosure. In the reign 
of Stephen I, 1135-54, Godwin de Stock- 
ton lived at Stockton, Surrey, Eng. An¬ 
other English ancestor was Henry de 
Stoughton. 

Israel, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 1632, 
commander of Massachusetts forces in 
the Pequot War, died London, Eng., 1644. 
Nicholas, married Taunton, Mass., 1674. 
Thomas, brother Israel, son of Rev. 
Thomas S., freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1630, removed Windsor, Conn., 1639, died 
Sept., 1684. 

William, settled Dorchester, Mass., se¬ 
lectman 1671, judge of court of oyer 
and terminer, 1692. 

STOVER, STOVARD 

Silvester, resident York, Maine, 1652. 


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STOWE, STOW 

A fixed place or mansion; a town, a 
garrison. 

John, came from Hawkhurst, county of 
Kent, Eng., to Roxbury, Mass., 1634. 
STOWELL 

Samuel, weaver, b. Eng., 1620, proprie¬ 
tor, Hingham, Mass., 1647. 

STOWERS, STOWER 

John, came from Parham, county of 
Suffolk, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 1634, 
removed Newport, R. I. 

Nicholas, one of eleven settlers at 
Charlestown, Mass., 1629, removed Sa¬ 
lem, Mass. 

STRAIGHT, STRAITE 

Thomas, resident Watertown, Mass., 
1644. 

STRAINE, STRAINER 

A town in the north of Scotland written 
Strane. 

Richard, brewer, inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., 1647, returned to England before 

1659. 

STRANGE 

George, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 

1634, removed Hingham, Mass., 1639. 
John, living Boston, Mass., 1651. 

Lot, Portsmouth, R. I., 1689. 

STRANGUAGE, STRANGEWAYS 

William, mariner, Boston, Mass., 1651. 
STRATTON,STRETTON 

A Cornish British word. The hill full 
of springs. 

Bartholomew, living Boston, Mass., 
1659. 

Caleb, mariner, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 
1661. 

Eleazer, resident Andover, Mass., died 
March 15, 1689. 

John, Scarborough, Maine, 1633, remov¬ 
ed Salem, Mass., 1637, later Easthamp- 
ton, L. I. 

John, b. Eng., 1606, at Salem, Mass., 
1631. 

John, b. Eng., 1642, at Watertown, 
Mass., before 1668. 

Samuel, b. Kent, Eng., 1592, settled Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass., 1647, died Dec. 20, 1672. 
STREAME, STREME, STERTE 

John, b. Eng., 1621, came with his uncle, 
Zechariah Whitman, to Boston, Mass., 

1635, removed Milford, Conn., 1646. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, res¬ 
ident of Weymouth, Mass. 

STREET 

Francis, purchaser Taunton, Mass., 1637, 
died 1665; no male issue. 

Nicholas, teacher and clergyman, son of 


Nicholas S., grandson of Nicholas S. 
and great grandson of Richard S., a 
clothier of England, whose will was prov¬ 
en Sept. 30, 1592, was bapt. Bridgewater, 
Eng., 1603, came from Taunton, Eng., 
to Taunton, Mass., 1637, removed New 
Haven, Conn., 1645, died there April 
22, 1674. 

Stephen, freeman of Massachusetts, 
1644, lived either at Concord or Sud¬ 
bury, Mass. 

STREETER 

Samuel, at Edgartown, Mass., 1663, 
where he was drowned Nov. 19, 1669. 
Stephen, b. Kent, Eng., came to N. E., 
1639, on record Gloucester, Mass., 1642, 
removed Charlestown, Mass., 1644. 
STRICKLAND 

The name derived from Strick-land, or 
Stirkland, that is the pasture ground of 
young cattle called stirks or steers in 
the parish of Moreland, county of West¬ 
moreland, England, where the family once 
had considerable possessions. 

John, came Mass., 1630, removed Hemp¬ 
stead, L. I. 

Peter, resident New London, Conn., 1670. 
STRIKER 

Joseph, married Salem, Mass., 1673. 

STRONG 

John, Welsh descent, son of Richard S. 
of county Cavenarvon, Wales, b. Taun¬ 
ton, Somersetshire, Eng., 1605, settled 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630; one of first 
proprietors Hingham, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Taunton, Mass., 1638, at Wind¬ 
sor, Conn., 1649, inhabitant Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass., 1661, died April 14, 1699. 
STUBBS 

Joshua, married Watertown, Mass., 
1641. 

Richard, planter, married Hull, Mass., 
1659. 

STUCKEY 

George, Windsor, Conn., 1640, removed 
Stamford, Conn., 1657. 

STUDLEY 

The family originally from the counties 
of Kent and York, Eng. 

John, Gloucester, Mass., 1651, removed 
Boston, Mass., 1659. 

STUICELEY 

Thomas, freeman, Suffield, Conn., 1681. 
STURGIS, STURGES 

In English history William de Turges 
held grants of land from Edward I. His 
estate included the village of Turges, was 
situated in the county of Northampton 
where many generations of the family 
lived. The village of Turges was af¬ 
terwards known as Northfield. The Eng- 


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W- 


lish family is traced to Roger Sturges 
who lived at Clipsoh, county of North¬ 
ampton, Eng., and whose will was exe¬ 
cuted 1530. 

Edward, son of Philip S., sixth genera¬ 
tion from Roger S., mentioned above, b. 
Hannington, Eng., resident Charlestown, 
Mass., 1634, removed to Yarmouth, 
Mass., 1639. 

John, b. Eng., 1627, freeman, Fairfield, 
Conn., 1668. 

John, resident R. I., 1672. 

Philip, born Hannington, Eng., came to 
N. E., 1634, settled Sandwich, Mass. 
Samuel, married Barnstable, Mass., 

1697. 

Thomas, resident Yarmouth, Mass., 
1681. 

STURTEVANT, STURDEVANT 

Samuel, Dutch ancestry, b. Rochester, 
Eng., came to Plymouth, Mass., 1641, 
died 1669. 

William, resident Norwalk, Conn., 1676. 
SUMMERS 

The name is derived from Saxon Sumer, 
Celtic or Gaelic samh, sun. Summer, one 
who casts up an account. The name may 
be a corruption of Summer. 

Henry, married Woburn, Mass., 1660. 
John, resident Duxbury, Mass., before 
1680. 

SUMNER 

One whose duty consists in citing delin¬ 
quents to the ecclesiastical courts, an ap¬ 
paritor, literally a summoner. 

Thomas, resident, Rowley, Mass.,' 1643. 
William, only child of Roger S., a 
husbandman of Bicester, Oxfordshire, 
Eng., where he was b. 1605, settled Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1636, died March, 1692. 
SUNDERLAND, SUNDERLINE, SYN- 
DERLAND 

. A seaport town in the county of Dur¬ 
ham, Eng. Land separated, divided, 
parted. 

John, parchment maker, b. Eng., 1618, 
admitted church Boston, Mass., 1643, re¬ 
moved Eastham, Mass., where he died 
Dec. 26, 1703. 

SUSSELL 

Richard, freeman, Portsmouth, R. I., 

1653- 

SUTHERLAND 

Matthew, resident, R. I., 1639. 
SUTLIFFE 

Abraham, living Scituate, Mass., 1640. 
Thomas, resident Branford, Conn., 1668. 
SUTTON 

A town in Devonshire, Eng., the south 
town. 


Bartholomew, resident Boston, Mass., 
1667. 

Daniel, living Boston, Mass., 1667. 
George, married Scituate, Mass., 1641. 
John, came from Attleburg, county of 
Norfolk, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 
Lambert, freeman, Woburn, Mass., 1644, 
earlier at Charlestown, Mass., died Nov. 
27, 1649. 

Richard, householder, Charlestown, 
Mass., 1677. 

Richard, living Andover, Mass., 1664. 
Simon, residing Scituate, Mass., 1647. 
William, married Eastham, Mass., 1666. 
SWADDON 

Philip, Watertown, Mass., 1630, remov¬ 
ed Kittery, Maine, 1640. 

SWADOCK 

John, took oath of allegiance, Haver¬ 
hill, Mass., 1685. 

SWAIN, SWAYNE, SWAINE 

From the Danish, swan. Swan, a youth,, 
a servant, a herdsman. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1601, came N. E., 1635,. 
settled Rowley, Mass., 1639, removed 
Hampton, N. H., in that year, settled 1 
Nantucket, Mass., 1663, where he died' 
April 14, 1682. 

William, b. Eng., 1585, freeman, Water- 
town, Mass., 1636, removed Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1639 and to Branford, Conn., 
1644. 

SWALLOW 

Ambrose, resident Chelmsford, Mass., 
1692. 

SWAN, SWANN 

The family is descended from a Dane 
of noble ancestry who early settled in the 
south-eastern part of England. The 
family have possessed landed properties 
in counties of Kent and Derby, since the 
time of William the Conqueror. John 
Swan of Southfleet, was Baron of the 
borough of Sandwich, reign of Henry 
VI. 

Henry, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1639. 
John, b. Eng., 1621, came N. E., 1640, 
freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 1668,' died 
June 5, 1708. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1600, settled Boston, 
Mass., 1638, removed Rowley, Mass., 
1639. 

Robert, resident Haverhill, Mass., 1646. 
Thomas, physician, resident Boston, and 
Roxbury, Mass., 1655, died February, 
1688. 

SWARTON 

John, Beverly, Mass., 1672. 

SWASEY, SWAZEY, SWAYSY 

Joseph, settled Salem, Mass., 1668. 


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SWEET, SWAITE, SWEETE 

Swede a native of Sweden, Swit of 
Switzerland. 

Henry, married Swansea, Mass., 1687. 
James, son of Isaac S. at Salem, Mass., 
1631, freeman Warwick, R. I., 1655. 
John, shipwright, freeman, Boston, 
Mass., 1640. 

John, shoemaker, died Charlestowh, 
Mass., 1695. 

John, brother of James, freeman, War¬ 
wick, R. I., 1655. 

John, resident Wickford, R. I. 

John, settled Salem, Mass., before 1637, 
removed Providence, R. I. 

SWEETMAN, SWETMAN, SWETNAM 

Thomas, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 

1638. 

-SWEETSER, SWITZER 

Samuel, resident, Malden, Mass., 1701. 
Seth, b. Tring, Hertfordshire, Eng., 
1606, came Charlestown, Mass., 1637, 
died May 21 or 24, 1662. 

ISWETT 

John, b. Eng., 1590, came from Isle of 
Guernsey in the English Channel to Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1636, freeman Newbury, 
Mass., 1642. 

SWIFT 

A name given for swiftness in moving. 
It may however come from Swift, a 
river in England. 

Thomas, son of Robert S. of Rotter- 
ham, Yorkshire, Eng., b. Eng., 1600, free¬ 
man Dorchester, Mass., 1635, died May 4, 
1675 - 

William, b. Booking, county of Suffolk, 
Eng., came to N. E., 1630, proprietor 
Watertown, Mass., 1636, removed Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., finally to Sandwich, Mass., 
where he died Jan., 1644. 
SWILLAWAY, SWILLOWAY 

Henry, resident, Malden, Mass., 1666. 
SWINERTON, SWANNERTON 

Job, came from Straffordshire, Eng., to 
Salem, Mass., where he joined the church, 

1639. removed Danvers, Mass., died April 
11, 1689. 

:SWYDEN, SWINDEN 

William, b. Eng., 1615, came Ipswich, 
Mass., 1635. 

SYKES 

Richard, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 

1640. 

SYMMES 

John, swore allegiance to Massachusetts 
at Scarborough, Maine, 1658. 

Zecariah, clergyman, son of Rev. Wil¬ 
liam S., b. Canterbury, county of Kent, 


Eng., 1599, came Boston, Mass., 1634, 
removed Charlestown, Mass., died Jan. 28, 
1672. 

SYMONDS 

Henry, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1643, 
died Sept., 1643. 

James, married Woburn, Mass., 1685. 
John, b. Eng., 1616, freeman, Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

John, resident Braintree, Mass., 1640. 
John, sent by Mason to Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1631, removed Kittery, Maine, 1650. 
Joseph, married Hartford, Conn. 

Mark, b. Eng., 1585, freeman Ipswich, 
Mass., 1638, died April 28, 1659. 
Samuel, came from Yeldham, county of 
Essex, Eng., freeman Ipswich, Mass., 
1638, deputy governor of Mass., 1673, in 
which office he died Oct. 12, 1678. 
Thomas, resident Braintree, Mass., 1638. 
William, settled Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 
William, resident Concord, Mass., 1636. 
William, married Woburn, Mass., 1644, 
died June 7, 1672. 

TABOR, TABER 

Tabur or Tobar, Gaelic; a spring-well, 
water, a river. Tabor, a city in Bohemia 
which the Hussites fortified and made the 
seat of their war for twenty years; on 
this account they were called 7 aborites. 
The family probably derive their name 
from this city. 

Philip, b. Eng., 1605, freeman at Water- 
town, Mass., 1634, removed Yarmouth, 
Mass., 1639, thence to New London, 
Conn., 1651, freeman Portsmouth, R. I., 
1656, later resided at Providence, New¬ 
port and Tiverton, R. I. 

TAFT 

The name in Ireland spelt Taaffe. Sir 
William T. was a Knight of Protestant 
faith in 1610. 

Robert, housewright, b. Ireland, 1640; 
first at Braintree, Mass., 1678, afterwards 
Bristol, R. I., lated was prominent in the 
organization of the town of Mendon, 
Mass. 

TAINER, TAINNER 

Josiah, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
TAINTOR, TYANTOR, TAINTER 

The name is derived from the French 
word teinturer, a dyer. The family has 
been represented in England since the 
Norman Conquest, the name Le Tainturer 
being found in the records as early as 
1222. Charles, shipowner and merchant, 
came from Wales and settled at Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1643, removed Fairfield, 
Conn., 1647, lost at sea on a coast voy¬ 
age, 1654. 


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Joseph, b. 1613, came Watertown, Mass., 
1638, died Feb. 20, 1690. 

Michael, younger brother of Charles, 
freeman, Branford, Conn., 1668, repre¬ 
sentative 1670-72. 

TALBOT 

It was in 1035 that Hugh Talebot granted 
a charter to Tunite du Mont, Rouen, Nor¬ 
mandy; Le Sire Talebot, a Norman 
Knight, came to England with William 
the Conqueror. John Talbot was cre¬ 
ated in 1442 the first Earl of Shrews¬ 
bury. The name signifies a mastiff. 
Christopher, turner, Boston, 1686. 

James, resident Boston, Mass., 1663. 
Jared or Garrett, married Taunton, 
Mass., 1664. 

Moses, at Plymouth, Mass., afterwards at 
Kennebeck, Maine, where he was killed 
in April, 1634. 

Peter, son of George T. of Blackburn, 
Eng., came from Carr, Lancashire, Eng¬ 
land, settled Dorchester, Mass., removed 
to Chelmsford, Mass., where he died 
1704 - 

William, sailmaker, Boston, Mass., 1651. 
TALBY, TOLBY 

John, resident, Salem, Mass., 1635. 
Stephen, mariner, Boston, Mass., 1662. 
TALCOTT, TAILECOAT, TAYLCOAT 

The English family traced to John T. of 
Colchester, county of Essex, Eng., 1558. 
John, son of John T., b. Braintree, coun¬ 
ty of Essex, Eng., came to Cambridge, 
Mass., 1632, removed Hartford, Conn., 
1636, where he died 1659. 

TALLEY, TOLLEY, TAULLEY 

Richard, b. 1651, resident Dorchester, 
Mass., where he died Dec. 8, 1717. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, resi¬ 
dent Boston, Mass., 1682. 

TALMADGE, TALMAGE 

Enos, married New Haven, Conn., 1682. 
Robert, resident New Haven, Conn., died 
before 1685. 

Thomas, came Charlestown, Mass., 1631, 
freeman Boston, Mass., 1634, removed 
Lynn, Mass., 1637, and 1640 went to 
Southampton, L. I. 

William, brother of the preceding, came 
in Winthrop’s fleet, settled Boston, Mass., 
freeman, 1643, removed Lynn, Mass. 
William, carpenter, resided Boston, 
Mass., in that part known as Muddy 
river. 

TALMAN, TALLMAN 

Peter, freeman, Newport, R. I., 1655. 

TANKERSLY 

George, resident Boston, Mass., 1673. 


TANNER 

Nicholas, at Swanzey, Mass., 1663, re¬ 
moved Rehoboth, Mass., 1666. 

TAPLEY 

Clement, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1640. 

Gilbert, innholder, b. Eng., 1634, Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1640, died April 17, 1714. 
John, brother of the preceding, resident 
Salem, Mass., 1660, removed Beverly, 
Mass. 

TAPP 

Edmund, one of the seven pillars that 
founded the church, New Haven, Conn., 
1639; removed Milford, Conn., died 1653. 
TAPPAN, TAPEN, TOPPING, TAPPING 
A local name from the Welsh; the top 
of the hanging rock; from tap, a hang¬ 
ing rock, and pen, top or head. 
Abraham, b. Eng., 1608, freeman New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1638, died Nov. 5, 1672. 
Bartholomew, freeman Boston, Mass., 
1671. 

James, resident Milford, Conn., 1662, 
where he died Aug. 6, 1712. 

John, feltmaker or hatter, married Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1654, died Sept. 14, 1678. 
Richard, freeman Boston, Mass., 1634. 
Thomas, at Wethersfield, Conn., removed 
Milford, Conn., 1639; died Branford, 
Conn., Nov., 1694. 

TAPPER 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1688. 
TARBELL, TARBOLE, TARBALL 

John, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1694. 
Thomas, at Watertown, Mass., 1644, re¬ 
moved Grafton, Mass., 166 3, thence 
Charlestown, Mass., where he married 
1676 and died 1681. 

TARBOX 

John, owner of iron works at Lynn, 
Mass., 1630, where he died May 26, 1674. 
TARE 

Richard, married Boston, Mass., 1656. 
Thomas, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1655. 
TARLTON, TARLETON 

Henry, resident Boston, Mass., 1671. 
Richard, came from London, Eng., to 
Newcastle, N. H., 1685, removed Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1693. 

TARNE, TERNEY, TARNEY 

Miles, leather-dresser; freeman, Boston, 
Mass., 1643. 

TARR 

Ferdinando, at Braintree, Mass., 1655. 
George, resident Lynn, Mass., before 
1662. 

James, inhabitant Portsmouth, R. I., 1638. 


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John, living at Dover, N. H., 1648. 
Richard, at Marblehead, Mass., 1680, re¬ 
moved Gloucester, Mass., 1690. 

TART 

Edward, servant, name in the will of Na¬ 
thaniel Tilden, of Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, a resident of Scituate, Mass., 
1640. 

TASKER, TASKET 

Name signifies a thrasher. 

John, settled Dover, N. H., 1680. 
William, b. Eng., about 1655, settled 
Dover, N. H., 1675. 

TATENHAM 

Elias, resident Boston, Mass., 1683. 
TATMAN, TOTMAN 

John, settled Roxbury, Mass., 1632, free¬ 
man, 1638; will dated Sept. 30, 1670. 
TAUNTON 

Matthew, resident Boston, Mass., 1688. 
TAY, TOY 

Henry, died at Ipswich, Mass., 1655. 
John, trader, died Boston, Mass., 1641. 
Nathaniel, brother of the preceding, 
married Billerica, Mass., 1677. 

William, distiller, b. Eng., 1611, granted 
land Billerica, 1659. Will probated 
April 12, 1683. 

TAYLOR, TAYLOUR, TAILER 

A name of trade, and modified to Tay- 
leure, the orthography being changed by 
the bearers to hide what they thought 
the lowness of its origin. 

Abraham at Haverhill, Mass., made his 
will in 1673. 

Abraham, freeman Concord, Mass., 1690. 
Anthony, feltmaker, b. Eng., 1608, at 
Hampton, N. H., 1644, removed to Dover, 
N. H., 1671, died Nov. 4, 1687. 

Daniel, at Saybrook, Conn., 1689. 
Edward, resident Providence, R. I., 1655. 
Edward, freeman, Lynn, Mass., 1648, re¬ 
moved Reading, Mass., 1648, died 1694. 
Edward, clergyman, b. Sketchley near 
Hinckley, Leicestershire, Eng., 1642, ar¬ 
rived Boston, Mass., 1668, graduated 
from Harvard College 1671, and went in 
that year to Westfield, Mass., died June 
29, 1729. 

Francis, surveyor, at Dedham, Mass., 
1671. 

George, inhabitant Scarborough, Maine, 
1636, submitted to Mass, jurisdiction 1658. 
Gregory, freeman Watertown, Mass., 
1634, removed Stamford, Conn., where he 
died Sept. 24, 1657. 

Henry, resident Portsmouth, N. H., 
1640; died Boston, Mass., 1649. 


Henry, married Barnstable, Mass., 1650, 
Henry, surgeon; freeman Boston, Mass., 
1665. 

Isaac, resident Boston, Mass., 1692. 
Isaac, at Concord, Mass., 1686, removed 
to Scituate, Mass. 

James, married Concord, Ma3S., 1641. 
James, resident Springfield, Mass., 1668. 
James, proprietor New Haven, Conn., 
1685. 

James, inhabitant, Boston, Mass., 1674. 
Jaspar, married Barnstable, Mass., 1668, 
John, from Haverhill, county of Suffolk, 
Eng., came to N. E. Winthrop’s fleet, 
freeman, Lynn, Mass., 1630; removed 
Hartford, Conn., 1640, thence to Windsor, 
Conn. 

John, resident Weymouth, Mass., 1668. 
John, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 1651. 
John, took the oath of allegiance, Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1678. 

John, resident, Charlestown, Mass., 
1689. 

Jonathan, residing Springfield, Mass., 
1649, died Suffield, Conn., 1683. 

Joseph, swore allegiance Exeter, N. H., 

1677. 

Joseph, married Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Nathaniel, married Windsor, Conn., 

1678. 

Richard, tailor, brother of the preceding, 
joined church Boston, Mass., 1642. His 
will probated Aug. 2, 1673, names no chil¬ 
dren. 

Richard, freeman, Charlestown, Mass., 
y 1642, died July 10, 1659, left no male 
issue. 

Richard, farmer known as Rock Richard 
from building his cottage against a rock, 
married Yarmouth, Mass., 1643, died 
1674. 

Robert, came to Scituate, Mass., free¬ 
man, Newport, R. I., 1655. 

Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1661. 
Samuel, innkeeper, b. Eng., 1614, Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1648, died June 29, 1695. 
Stephen, brother, first John, born Eng., 
1618, married Windsor, Conn., 1642; 
died Dec. 14, 1717. 

Stephen, resident Boston, Mass., 1668. 
Thomas, settled Watertown, Mass., 1642, 
removed Reading, Mass., died 1690. 
Thomas, married Norwalk, Conn., 1668, 
removed Danbury, Conn. 

William, inhabitant Lynn, Mass., 1642. 
William, living at Wethersfield, Conn., 

1647- 


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William, brother of first James, settled 
Concord, Mass., 1640, died Dec. 6, 1696. 
William, merchant at Boston, Mass., 
1667. 

William, brother of the second Isaac, 
resident Scituate, Mass., 1688. 

TEAD, TEED, TIDD 

John, b. Eng., 1600, settled Charlestown, 
Mass., 1637, removed Woburn, Mass., 
1640, died April 24, 1657. 

Joshua, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1607; at Charlestown, Mass., 1637, 
died Sept. 15, 1678. 

TELL, TEAL, TEEL 

William, freeman Malden, Mass., 1690. 
TEMPLAR, TEMPLE, TEMPLER 

From the Manor of Temple, in Welles- 
borough, Leicestershire, which name was 
given by the old Earl of Leicester, one 
of the Knights Templars, who usually 
gave the name of Temple to their lands. 
Abraham, settled Salem, Mass., 1637. 
John, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1671. 
Richard, at Yarmouth, Mass., able to 
bear arms, 1643. 

Richard, at Salem, Mass., 1644, removed 
Charlestown, Mass., 1646. 

Robert, at Saco, Maine, before 1670, 
killed by the Indians, 1676. 

Thomas, English Knight and baronet, 
came to Boston, Mass., 1657, returned 
England, where he died March 27, 1674. 
TENCH 

Edward, at New Haven, Conn., 1643. 
William, a first comer, came to Plym¬ 
outh, Mass., 1621, died before 1638. 
TENNEY, TENNY 

Daniel, married Bradford, Mass., 1680. 
James, married Boston, Mass., 1654. 
John, elder brother of the preceding, at 
Rowley, Mass., 1673, removed Scarbor¬ 
ough, Maine, before 1690, fled to Glou¬ 
cester, Mass., on account of Indian hos¬ 
tilities. 

Miles, resident Watertown, Mass., 1665. 
Samuel, married Bradford, Mass., 1690. 
Thomas, b. Eng., about 1614, came from 
Rowley, Yorkshire, Eng., to Salem, 
Mass., 1638, settled Rowley, Mass., 1639; 
afterwards Bradford, Mass. 

William, brother of the preceding, at 
Rowley, Mass., 1643. 

TERHAN, TURHAN 

Thomas, married Guilford, Conn., 1685. 
TERRILL, TURRELL, TIRRELL 

A local name signifying The Little Tow¬ 
er; of Anglo-Norman origin, founded at 
Norman Conquest by Sir Walter Tyrell. 


John, died New London, Conn., Feb. 27, 
1712. 

Roger, inhabitant of Milford, Conn., 1639. 
William, married Boston, Mass., 1655, 
removed Weymouth, Mass. 

William, tailor at New London, Conn., 
1662. 

TERRY 

John, b. Eng., 1603, came to Dorchester, 
Mass., 1635, removed Windsor, Conn. 
Richard, b. Eng., 1618, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., 1635, to N. E., removed South- 
old, L. I., 1662, and was accepted as free¬ 
man of Conn. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, b. Eng., 
1610, came to N. E., 1635. 

Samuel, b. Barnet, Eng., about 1633, ar¬ 
rived N. E., 1650; at Springfield, Mass., 
1654, removed Enfield, Mass., and died 
1731 . 

Stephen, brother of John, came Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1630, removed Hartford, 
Conn., 1637. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1607, came to N. E. 
1635, settled at Braintree, Mass., remov¬ 
ed Southold, L. I., 1646, accepted as free¬ 
man of Conn., 1662. 

TETHERLY 

Gabriel, was in Maine, 1680. 

William, came from Biddeford, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., and was at Boston, Mass., 
1664, afterwards went to Maine. 

TEW 

A Welsh word, signifying a fat or cor¬ 
pulent person. 

Richard, b. Maidford, Northampshire, 
Eng., came to N. E., 1640, located Ports¬ 
mouth, R. I., freeman, Newport, R. I., 
1654. 

TEWKSBURY, TUXBURY 

Henry, b. Eng., about 1635, was married 
Boston, Mass., 1659, removed to Ames- 
bury, Mass., 1669. 

Thomas, came from county of Glouces¬ 
ter, Eng., and was resident, Manchester 
by the Sea, Mass., 1680. 

THACHER, THATCHER 

Anthony, clergyman, b. Eng., 1587, came 
from Salisbury, Wiltshire, Eng., in 1635, 
to N. E.; taxpayer, Marblehead, Mass., 
1637, removed before 1643 to Yarmouth, 
Mass., died Aug. 22, 1667. 

Samuel, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 
1642. 

Thomas, clergyman, son Rev. Peter T., 
b. Salisbury, Wiltshire, Eng., 1620, came 
with his uncle Anthony, to N. E., arriv¬ 
ing Boston, Mass., 1635, settled Ipswich, 
Mass., removed Boston, Mass., was pastor 
of Old South Church, 1670. 

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THARPE 

William, resident New Haven, Conn., 

1647. 

THAXTER 

Thomas, linen weaver, came from Hing- 
ham, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1638. 
THAYER 

Nathaniel, resident Taunton, Mass., 
1665. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1601, settled Boston, 
Mass., 1641. 

Thomas, shoemaker, elder brother of the 
preceding, b. Thornbury, Eng., 1596, set¬ 
tled at Braintree, Mass., before 1639. 
THEALE, THELE, THALE 

Nicholas, at Watertown, Mass., 1638, 
removed Stamford, Conn., 1645, where he 
died Aug. 19, 1658. 

THING 

The first mention of the name in English 
history is in 1231, Sir Robert de Twenge, 
Lord of Kilton Castle, county of Cum¬ 
berland, Eng. 

John, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1680. 
Jonathan, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1641; 
removed Hampton, N. H., thence Wells, 
Maine, submitted government of Mass., 
1653 - 

THISTLE, THISSELL 

Jeffrey, mariner, came from Abbotsbury, 
Dorsetshire, Eng., to Marblehead, Mass., 
1668, died at sea, 1676. 

THOM 

John, swore allegiance Exeter, N. H., 
1677 - 

William, resident Lynn, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved L. I., 1640. 

THOMAS 

From the Hebrew, signifying a twin. 
David, resident Marblehead, Mass., 1648- 
68, removed Middleboro, Mass., 1668. 
Edward, agent of Joseph Thompson, a 
London merchant, at Boston, Mass., 1685. 
Evan, vintner, came from Wales to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1640, died Aug. 25, 1661. 
Francis, married Boston, Mass., 1665. 
George, at Salem, Mass., 1668. 

George, resident Boston, Mass., 1683. 
Hugh, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1651. 
James, resident Salem, Mass., 1646-49. 
John, inhabitant New Haven, Conn., 
1649. 

Rice, b. Eng., 1616, at Kittery, Maine, 
1647, removed Boston, Mass., 1654. 
Rowland, married Springfield, Mass., 
1647, removed Hadley, Mass., 1669, and 
Westfield, Mass., 1670, died Feb. 21, 1698. 
William, husbandman, b. Eng., 1611, 


came from Great Comberton, Worcester¬ 
shire, Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1637, 
died March 29, 1677; no issue. 

William, b. 1573, of Welsh descent, 
came from Yarmouth, Eng., to Marble¬ 
head, Mass., 1637; freeman, 1642, died 
Aug., 1651. 

William, resident Newton, Mass., 1687. 
THOMPSON, TOMSON, THOMSON, 
TOMPSON 

The name signifies the son of Thomas. 
Anthony, came New Haven, Conn., 

1639, will probated 1648. 

Archibald; at Marblehead, Mass., 1637, 
drowned in Nov., 1641. 

Daniel, b. 1638, resident Newbury, 
Mass., 1678. 

David, sent out by Gorges to Piscataqua, 
Maine, 1623, removed 1626 to isle in Bos¬ 
ton Harbor, since called by his name; 
died 1628, leaving infant child, John. 
Edmund, sea captain, son of John T. of 
Holkham, county of Norfolk, Eng., came 
from Framingham, county of Suffolk, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1637, returned 
England about 1647. 

Edward, servant of William White, 
“Mayflower” passenger, died Dec. 4, 
1620, before the ship reached Plymouth. 
George, resident Lynn, Mass., 1659. 
Henry, freeman, Cambridge, Mass., 1670. 
James, b. Eng., 1593, came in Winthrop’s 
fleet, settled Charlestown, Mass., original 
settler Woburn, Mass., 1640, died 1682. 
John, resident Watertown, Mass., 1634, 
died 1639. 

John, inhabitant, New Haven, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1652. 

John, came from London, Eng., settled 
Stratford, Conn., 1640, will probated 
Aug., 1678. 

John, brother of Anthony, married New 
Haven, Conn., 1651. 

John, resident Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
John, inhabitant Barnstable, Mass., 1652. 
John, at Wethersfield, Conn., before 

1640. 

John, mariner, resident New Haven, 
Conn., 1671. 

John, early settler Reading, Mass. 
John, married Rehoboth, Mass., 1682. 
Maurice, merchant, engaged fishing 
trade, Gloucester, Mass., 1631. 

Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1639. 
Samuel, married New Haven, Conn., 
1695 - 

William, clergyman, b. Eng., 1599, came 


CCXXXV 11 


to N. E., 1637, at Kittery, or York, 
Maine, 1639; same year came to Boston, 
Mass., resigned from the ministry, died 
Dec. 10, 1666. 

William, brother of Anthony, resident 
New Haven, Conn., 1647. 

William, b. Eng., 1630, settled Dover, 
N. H., 1656; removed Kittery, Maine, 
where he died 1676. 

William, settled Sudbury, Mass., 1685. 
William, blacksmith, died Stonington, 
Conn., 1705. 

THORNCOMB 

Andrew,, bookseller, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1685. 

THORNDIKE 

John, son Rev. George T., rector of Lit¬ 
tle Carleton, near Lowth, Lincolnshire, 
Eng., bapt. 1603, came to Boston, Mass., 
1632, went to Ipswich, Mass., 1633, re¬ 
turned to England 1668, and died 1670, 
leaving a son, Paul, as the only male 
issue. 

THORNDON 

John, one of the founders of Newport, 
R. I., 1644. 

THORNE, THORN 

A town in England; a tree or bush armed 
with spines or sharp shoots. “Will at the 
Thorn.” 

William, laborer, Muddy river, Boston, 
Mass., freeman Lynn, Mass., 1638; re¬ 
moved L. I., 1642. 

William, from county of Dorset, Eng., 
married New London, Conn., 1676. 
THORNELL 

Thomas, called Captain, died Boston, 
Mass., March 11, 1660. 

THORNICOAST 

Thomas, freeman, Warwick, R. I., 1655. 
THORNING 

Anthony, at Boston, Mass., 1674, came 
from Barbadoes. 

THORNTON 

John, freeman Newport, R. I., 1651, re¬ 
moved Providence, R. I., 1670. 

Peter, b. Eng., 1615, came to Boston, 
Mass., 1635. 

Robert, carpenter, b. Eng., 1624, came 
from London, Eng., 1635, to Taunton, 
Mass., removed Boston, Mass., 1657. 
Thomas, tanner, freeman, Dorchester, 
Mass., 1634, removed Windsor, Conn., 
1636. 

Thomas, resident Stratford, Conn., 
1651. 

Thomas, clergyman, came Yarmouth, 
Mass., 1662, removed Boston, Mass., died 
Feb. 13, 1700. 


THORPE 

Name signifies a village, the Dutch word 
Dorp. 

Henry, freeman, Watertown, • Mass., 
1646, died May 21, 1672. 

James, resident Dedham, Mass., 1652. 
John, carpenter at Duxbury, Mass., 1633. 
John, clergyman, undertook to preach 
Scarborough, Maine, and was silenced 
by the General Court, 1661. 

Nathaniel, freeman, New Haven, 
Conn., 1669. 

Robert, York, Maine, 1660. 

Samuel, freeman, New Haven, Conn., 
1670. 

Thomas, married Ipswich, Mass., 1656. 
William, b. Eng., 1605, one of the found¬ 
ers of New Haven, Conn., 1638. 
THRALL 

William, b. Eng., 1606, served Pequot 
War, one first settlers of Windsor, 1636, 
died Aug. 3, 1678. 

THRASHER, THRESHER 
One who thrashes grain. 

Arthur, married Newbury, Mass., 1684. 
Christopher, resident Taunton, Mass., 

1643- 

Francis, clothier, resident Milford, 
Conn., 1686. 

THREENEEDLES 

Bartholomew, married Boston, Mass., 
1659, will probated April 7, 1702. 
THROCKMORTON, THROGMORTON 

A corruption of At Rock-moor-town, “a 
town on a rock in a moor,” in the vale 
of Evesham, Fladbury, Warwickshire, 
England, whence the name was derived. 
John, came with Roger Williams, 1630, 
to N. E., freemen same year. 

John, senior, resident Providence, R. I., 
1666, removed Monmouth, N. J., where 
he died before 1687. He and his wife, 
were excommunicated from the church 
at Salem, Mass., by Hugh Peters, the 
same time as Roger Williams. 

John, junior, took oath of allegiance, 
Providence, R. I., 1668. 

THROOP 

William, was representative, from Bris¬ 
tol, R. I., 1691. 

THROW 

David, took oath of allegiance, Spring- 
field, Mass., 1678. 

THURBER 

The name is a contraction of Thoreborn 
of Icelandic origin and was established 
in England by the Norseman. William 
Thoreben resided in Oxfordshire, Eng¬ 
land in 13th century. 


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James, b. Eng., 1660, at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1690. 

John, came from Stanton, Lincolnshire, 
Eng., to Swanzey, Mass., 1669, removed 
to Rehoboth, Mass., now a part of Bar¬ 
rington, R. I., 1671. 

Thomas, resident Swanzey, Mass., 1682. 
THURLO, THURLOUGH, THURLOW 

Richard, among first settlers Rowley, 
Mass., 1643, removed Newbury, Mass., 
1651, died Nov. 10, 1685. 

THURSTON, THIRSTON 

The name derived from the hill or town 
where the Saxon god Thor was worship¬ 
ped by the Anglo-Saxons. 

Charles, at Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
Daniel, granted land Newbury, Mass., 
1638. 

Daniel, nephew of the preceding, mar¬ 
ried Newbury, Mass., 1655. 

Daniel, freeman, Medfield, Mass., 1678. 
Daniel, married Rehoboth, Mass., 1681. 
Edward, Quaker, came to N. E., 1634. 
Name first appears in records 1647, at 
Newport, R. I. 

John, granted land Salem, Mass., 1638. 
John, carpenter, bapt. Eng., 1601, came 
from Wrentham, county of Suffolk, 
Eng., to Dedham, Mass., 1637. 

John, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655. 
Richard, mariner at Salem, Mass., 1637, 
removed Boston, Mass. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1649, swore allegiance 
Hampton, N. H., 1678. 

THWAITS, THWAITE, THWAYTES 

From the Anglo-Saxon thweotan, to cut, 
a piece of ground cleared of wood. In 
some places in England the word signi¬ 
fies a rivulet; marshy ground; also a 
meadow. 

Alexander, b. Eng., 1615, came Concord, 
Mass., 1635. 

THWING 

Benjamin, b. Eng., 1619, came as an 
-apprentice to Ralph Hudson to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, was one of the proprietors 
Concord, Mass. 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1686. 
TIBBALS 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1615, came to N. E., 
1635, served Pequot War, one first set¬ 
tlers Milford, Conn., 1639, will probated 
June 1, 1703. 

TIBBETS, TYBBOT, TEBBITS 

The name has the same signification as 
Theobald of which it is a curruption. 
The latter signifies God’s power, but in 
Saxon means powerful or bold over the 
people. In the Saxon Psalter, theod is 


the same as gentes, and the English nation 
is often called Engla-Theod. Theobald 
is in the French Theobaud, pronounced 
Tibbo, whence Tibbauds or Tibbitts. 
Henry, shoemaker, b. Eng., 1596, came to 
N. E., 1635, settled Dover, in what is now 
Rollinsford, N. H., 1643. 

Henry, at Wickford or Westerly, R. I., 
1670. 

Walter, freeman, Gloucester, Mass., 
1642. 

TICKENOR, TICKNOR 

Martin, took oath of fidelity, New 
Haven, Conn., 1644. 

William, at Scituate, Mass., 1646, mar¬ 
ried Boston, Mass., 1656. 

TIFF, TIFT, TEFFE 

William, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1638. 
TIFFANY 

The name is a corruption of Theophania, 
a woman’s first name, meaning light¬ 
hearted, gay and spirited; other author¬ 
ities say it is a name of a light silk, an 
equivalent for taffeta remarkable for its 
glossy effect and used by painters to trace 
the outlines of a picture through. A 
maker or vender of silk. 

Humphrey, came from Yorkshire, Eng., 
to N. E., 1660, inhabitant Rehoboth, 
Mass., 1663, later resident Swansea, 
Mass., killed by stroke of lightning, July 
15, 1685. 

TIFT, TEFFT 

John, freeman Portsmouth, R. I., 1655, 
removed Kingstown, R. I., 1674. 

. Samuel, at Wickford, R. I., 1674. 

V TILDEN, TILTEN 

John, at Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
Nathaniel, came from Tenterden, 
county of Kent, Eng., to Scituate, Mass., 

1635- 

Thomas, one of the first comers Plym¬ 
outh, Mass., 1623, returned to England 
soon after. 

TILESTONE, TILLSTON 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1611, granted land 
Dorchester, Mass., 1634, died Sept. 11, 
1718. 

TILL, TYLLS 

A local name, a river of England. 

James, Scituate, Mass., 1644. 

Peter, fisherman and carpenter, living at 
Boston, Mass. 

TILLEY 

A town in France. 

Edward, “Mayflower” passenger, died 
>' the first winter at Plymouth, Mass. 

Hugh, at Salem, Mass., 1629, as servant 
to Sir Richard Saltonstall; removed Yar¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1638, died Jan. 28, 1648. 


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John, brother of Edward, “Mayflower” 
passenger, came from Exeter, England, 
died first winter Plymouth, Mass.; the 
brothers left no male issue. 

Thomas, at Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
William, b. Eng., 1607, settled Boston, 
Mass., 1635, removed Barnstable, Mass., 

1643. 

TILLINGHAST 

From the German theilen, Dutch deelen, 
to separate, divide, pay over, a dealing 
house; a place where auctions are held. 
Pardon, clergyman, son of Pardon, b. 
Seven Cliffs, now Eastbourne near 
Beachy Head, county of Sussex, Eng., 
1622, came Providence, R. I., settled as a 
Baptist minister, 1643, died Jan. 29, 1718. 
TILLMAN 

One who works a farm. 

John, swore allegiance in Maine, 1665. 
TILLOTSON 

John, b. Yorkshire, Eng., arrived Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635, one first settlers Row- 
ley, Mass., removed Newbury, Mass. 
TILSON 

Edward or Edmund, at Plymouth, Mass., 
1643, died Scituate, Mass., 1660. 
Ephraim, brother of the preceding, mar¬ 
ried Plymouth, Mass., 1666. 

John, at Rowley, Mass., 1643. 

TILTON 

Name derived from Tilt, a Saxon word 
signifying a tent, also a place name from 
a village in England, probably an ancient 
place of tilling or tents. The family ex¬ 
isted prior to the Conquest. 

John, resident, Lynn, Mass., before 1640. 
William, brother of the preceding, set¬ 
tled Lynn, Mass., 1640. 

TIMBERLAKE 

Henry, resident Newport, R. I., 1644. 
TIMMINS 

John, at Scarborough, Maine, 1663. 
TINGLEY, TINGLE 

Palmer, at Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 
Samuel, died Malden, Mass., 1666. 
TINKER 

John, at Windsor, Conn., 1643, removed 
Boston, Mass., freeman 1654, one of prin¬ 
cipal settlers Lancaster, Mass., 1655, re¬ 
moved New London, Conn., 1660. 
Thomas, “Mayflower” passenger, died 
the first winter at Plymouth, Mass. 
TINKHAM 

Ephraim, b. Eng., about 1606, came from 
Ashburnham near Plymouth, England, 
was in the service of John Winthrop in 
N. E., 1634, received grant of land Dux- 
bury, Mass., 1642, known as Sergeant. 


TINNEY 

John, at Scarborough, Maine, 1658. 
Thomas, came from Rowley, Yorkshire, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1638, settled Row- 
ley, Mass. 

TIPPETT 

Henry, resident Wickford, R. I., 1670. 
TIPPING, TIPPEN 

Bartholomew, inhabitant Exeter, N. H., 
i 67 S- 
TISDALE 

John, b. Eng., 1615-20, settled Duxbury, 
Mass., 1637, removed Taunton, Mass., 
1651. 

TITCOMB, TITCOME 

William, came from parish of Tid- 
combe, Wiltshire, Eng., to Newbury, 
Mass., 1634, where he was one of the orig¬ 
inal proprietors. He died Sept. 24, 1676. 

TITE 

Henry, married Boston, Mass., 1655. 
TITERTON, TITTERTON, TYTTERTON 
Daniel, at Boston, Mass., 1643, removed 
Stratford, Conn., before 1647; will pro¬ 
bated July 6, 1661. 

TITUS 

Jonathan, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 
1680. 

Robert, b. St. Catherine’s parish, near 
Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, Eng., 
1600, came from London, Eng., to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1635, freeman, Weymouth, 
Mass., 1643, removed Rehoboth, Mass., 
1644. 

TOBEY, TOBY, TOBIE 

The Welsh for Thomas. 

Francis, inhabitant, Mass., 1635. 

James, yeoman settled Kittery, Maine, 
1669, killed by Indians 1705. 

Stephen, married, Portsmouth, N. H., 
168S. 

Thomas, b. Wales about 1620, settled 
Sandwich, Mass., 1640. 

TODD 

Tod, a Scotchword for fox. 

Christopher, b. Eng., 1617, came from 
Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire, 
Eng., to New Haven, Conn., an original 
settler, 1639, signer of the compact. 
John, settled Charlestown, Mass., 1637, 
removed Rowley, Mass., 1648. 

TOLLES 

Henry, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1669, 
removed Saybrook, Conn. 

TOLMAN 

A collector of toll. In Dutch, Taalman, 
is an interpreter from Taal, language, 
tongue. Constantine Tolmaen, in Corn¬ 
wall is an ancient place of Druid worship. 


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Tolmaen is usually applied to a stone 
that is perforated, from tol, a hole, and 
maen, a stone; twll mwn, Welsh, a mine, 
shaft, or pit. The first records of the 
name in England, when in 825 Sir Thomas 
Tolman was almoner to Egbert I. 
Thomas, son of Thomas of Salcomb 
Regis, Devonshire, Eng., b. 1608, settled 
Dorchester, Mass., 1630, inventory of 
estate made July, 23, 1690. 

TOMLINSON, THOMLINS, THOMLIN- 
SON 

From Thom or Thomas, and big or ling, 
a child or descendant—the son of Thomas. 
Benjamin, b. Eng., 1617, settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1635. 

Edward, brother of the preceding, came 
in Winthrop’s fleet, freeman, Lynn, 
Mass., 1631. 

Henry, son of George T., bapt. Derby, 
Eng., 1606, settled Milford, Conn., 1652. 
John, married Boston, Mass., 1660. 
Robert, resident Milford, Conn., 1648. 
Thomas, freeman, New Haven, Conn., 
1644, removed Milford, Conn., 1652, 
thence to Stratford, Conn. 

Timothy, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1633. 
TOMPKINS 

John, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1G42. 
John, resident Concord, Mass., 1642. 
Micah or Michael, at Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1637, removed Milford, Conn., 

1639, and to New Jersey, 1666. 
Nathaniel, merchant, settled Fairfield, 
Conn., 1649, removed East Chester, West¬ 
chester county, N. Y., thence to Newport, 
R. I. 

Ralph, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 1638, 
removed Salem, Mass., 1647, died 1666. 
TONGUE 

George, inhabitant New London, Conn., 
1652. 

Stephen, at Salisbury, Mass., 1687. 
TONY 

John, one early settlers Reading, Mass., 
died 1691. 

TOOGOOD, TOWGOOD, TWOGOOD 

John, servant, Marshfield, Mass., before 

1640, removed Springfield, Mass.. 
TOOKEY, TUKEY 

Job, at Beverly, Mass., 1692, charged 
with witchcraft. 

John, will probated, Charlestown, Mass., 
March 2, 1668. 

TOOLLY, TOLLY, TOOLEY 

Christopher, resident Killingworth, 
Conn., 1684. 

Edmund, inhabitant New Haven, Conn., 
1644, died April 19, 1685. 

Thomas, freeman, Newport, R. I., 1655. 


TOOTHACKER, TOOTHACRE, TOOTH- 
AKER 

Roger, b. Eng., 1612, came to N. E., 1635, 
died before 1638. 

TOPLIFFE 

Clement, b. Eng., 1603, freeman, Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1640, died Dec. 24, 1672. 
TORREY, TORIE 

From the Gaelic Torr, a conical hill or 
mountain, a mound, a grave, tower; piled 
up, formed into heaps; to heap up, to 
bury. 

James, lieutenant, b. Eng., 1613, married 
Scituate, Mass., 1640, freeman, 1655. 
Joseph, lieutenant at Rehoboth, Mass., 
1643, removed Newport, R. I., 1654. 
Philip, brother of James, came from 
Combe St. Nicholas, Somersetshire, Eng., 
freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1644. 
William, captain, son of Philip T., 
brother of James, b. Eng., 1608, settled 
Weymouth, Mass., 1540. Will probated 
July, 1691. 

TOTENHAM 

Henry, resident Woburn, Mass., 1646. 
TOTMAN 

Thomas, settled Plymouth, Mass., re¬ 
moved Scituate, Mass., 1660. 

TOUNG, TONG 

George, innkeeper, New London, Conn., 
1656-72. 

James, master-mariner, married Boston, 
Mass., 1654, died the next year. 
TOURTELLOT, TOURTELLOTTE 
The name is of French origin. 

Abraham, Huguenot merchant, b. Bor¬ 
deaux, France, at Boston, Mass., 1687, 
resided Roxbury, Mass., removed New¬ 
port, R. I., 1697. 

Gabriel, brother of the preceding, died 
at sea; his descendants removed to Ox¬ 
ford, Mass. 

TOUSEY, TOUCEY, TOUSLEY 

A local name from the town of Toucey, 
in the province of Campagne, France. 
Richard, came from Towsland, Eng., to 
Wethersfield, Conn., removed Saybrook, 
Conn., before 1666, died Feb., 1674. 
TOUTE 

Richard, lighterman at Scituate, Mass., 
1643, resident Boston, Mass., 1663. 

TOUTON 

John, a Huguenot, physician of Rochelle, 
France, resided Rehoboth, Mass., 1675. 
TOWER, TOWERS 

The name is derived from tor, Gaelic and 
Saxon, French tour, and Welsh, twr, a 
heap or pile, applied to conical hills, and 
to round buildings erected for strength 
or security. 


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John, came from Hingham, county of 
Norfolk, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., free¬ 
man 1639, removed Lancaster, Mass., 
1654 - 

William, butcher, Boston, Mass., 1668. 
TOWLE, TOWEL, TOLL, TOWELL 

Henry, at Wethersfield, Conn., removed 
Saybrook, Conn., about 1668. 

John, resident Sudbury, Mass., 1641. 
Joshua, married, Hampton, N. H., 1686. 
Philip, seaman, of Irish ancestry, b. 
1616, settled Hampton, N. H., 1657. 
Roger, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1644. 
William, resident Malden, Mass., 1689. 
TOWNE 

Jacob, resident Salem, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas, b. 1631, at Lynn, Mass., married 
Reading, Mass., 1662. 

William, son of Richard T. of Braceby, 
Lincolnshire, Eng., came to N. E., 1637, 
granted land Salem, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved Topsfield, Mass., 1651. 

William, tavern keeper, b. Eng., 1605, 
freeman Cambridge, Mass., 1637, died 
April 30, 1685. 

TOWNSEND 

A local name, one who lived at the end 
of the town. English ancestry traced to 
Sir Lodovic de Townshende, a Norman 
nobleman. Roger Townsend, an ances¬ 
tor in 1390. 

George, living Reading, Mass. 

Henry, Quaker, came from Norwich, 
county of Norfolk, Eng., freeman War¬ 
wick, R. I., 1655. 

John, brother of preceding, freeman 
Warwick, R. I., 1655, died 1669. 

John, brother of George, freeman Read¬ 
ing, Mass., 1678. 

John, married Lynn, Mass., 1669. 
Martin, weaver, b. 1650, married Water- 
town, Mass., 1668. 

Richard, brother of Henry and John, 
freeman Warwick, R. I., 1655. 

Robert, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1665. 
Samuel, living Rumney Marsh, Chelsea, 
Mass., before 1666. 

Thomas, bapt. Eng., 1594, settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1637, died Dec. 22, 1677. 

Thomas, brother of Samuel, freeman 
Boston, Mass., 1683. 

William, admitted church Boston, Mass., 
1634, freeman 1636, died before Dec., 
1689. 

TOWSLY 

Michael, married Salisbury, Mass., 
1678, removed Suffield, Conn., 1679. 


TOWSON 

Nicholas, on tax list, New London, 
Conn., 1667. 

TOZER, TOSIER, TOZIER 

Leonard, resident Salem, Mass., 1668. 
Richard, at Boston, Mass., removed Dov¬ 
er, N. H. Mortally wounded by Indian 
assault on Salmon Falls, N. H.. Oct. 16, 
1675, died soon afterwards, Kittery,. 
Maine. 

TRACY 

The surname is taken from the castle 
and barony of Trade near vire arron- 
dissement of Caen, France. There also- 
is a village of the name in the Depart¬ 
ment of Oise, France. The word may 
signify a rampant, a terrace. Sire de 
Tracye was an officer in William the 
Conqueror’s army. Some genealogists 
claim the family is descended from Ecg- 
bert, a Saxon King, through Alfred the 
Great, to Sir William De Tracy. 
Stephen, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623, 
removed Duxbury, Mass., 1645. 

Thomas, ship carpenter, known as Lieu¬ 
tenant, son or nephew of Peter T. of the 
Manor of Stanway, Gloucestershire, 
Eng., of the 13th generation from Sire 
de Tracye, b. Tewksbury, Gloucester¬ 
shire, Eng., 1610, settled Watertown, 
Mass., 1636, removed Salem, Mass., 1637, 
hence to Wethersfield, Conn, and went to 
Saybrook, Conn., 1649, and to Norwich, 
Conn., 1660. 

William, at Ipswich, Mass., 1634, re¬ 
moved Newbury, Mass. 

TRAFFORD, TRAFTON 

Seated at Trafford, Lancashire, Eng., 
prior to the Norman Conquest, Ran¬ 
dolphs de Trafford, 1030. 

Thomas, swore allegiance York Maine, 
1681. 

TRAIN 

From the Gaelic Treun, brave, valiant, 
bold. 

John, b. Eng., 1610, came Watertown, 
Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, mariner, b. Eng., 1634, settled 
Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., 1632-42, died 
Oct. 15, 1719. 

TRARICE, TRERICE 

Nicholas, sea captain, freeman Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1636. 

TRASK 

Henry, resident Salem, Mass., 1634, died 
1689. 

William, known as Captain, b. Eng., 
1587-88, one first settlers Salem, Mass., 
1626, died 1664-65. 


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TRAUL, THRALL, TRALL 

William, settled Wethersfield, Conn., 
1636, served in Pequot War. 

TRAVERS, TRAVIS 

The name is derived from Trevieres in 
Normandy. Ranulp de Clinchamp in 1138 
took the name of Travers. The name 
appears in England in the Doomesday 
Book. 

Daniel, carpenter, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1652. 

Henry or Henrie came from London, 
Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 1634, removed 
Newbury, Mass., 1635, returned to Eng¬ 
land, 1648, leaving in N. E., his wife, son 
and daughter; the son James became 
resident Gloucester, Mass., 1667. 
Richard, married Boston, Mass., 1657. 
Robert, ferryman, Boston, Mass., 1675. 
Samuel, member of Mather’s Church, 
Boston, Mass., 1670. 

TREADWAY, TREDWAY, TREADAWAY 
Josiah, married Sudbury, Mass., before 
1664. 

Nathaniel, weaver, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, at Sudbury, Mass., before 1640, 
died July 20, 1669. 

TREADWELL 

Edward, Ipswich, Mass., 1638, removed 
Branford, Conn., 1646, settled Southold, 
L. I., 1659. 

John, at Ipswich, Mass., 1638. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1605, settled Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635, removed Ipswich, Mass., 
1638. 

TREAT 

An ancient English family of Somerset¬ 
shire, Eng., traced to John Treat or Trott 
of Stapleton, near Taunton, Somerset¬ 
shire, Eng. 

Richard, son of Robert T., fifth genera¬ 
tion from John T., bapt. Pitminster, Eng., 
1584, settled Watertown, Mass., 1635; 
pioneer settler Wethersfield, Conn., 1637, 
on the list of freeman of that town, 1669. 
TREBY, TREBIE, TRIBBY 

John, at Marblehead, Mass., 1668-74. 
Peter, at New London, Conn., 1667. 
TREE 

Richard, married Lynn, Mass., 1669. 
TREFETHEN 

Henry, Cornish or Welsh descent, served 
on grand jury, New Hampshire, 1687. 
TREFRY, TREFREY, TURFREY, TUR- 
FEE 

George, at York, Maine, 1692. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1689. 
TRELAWNEY 

From the Cornish British; the open town 


near the water; from Tre, a town, lawn 
open, and ey, water. 

John, son of Robert T. of Cornwall, 
Eng., at Kittery, Maine, 1645. 
TRESCOTT 

Thomas, mariner, died Dorchester, 
Mass., 1654. 

William, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1614, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1643, died Sept. 11, 1699. 

TRESLER, TRUSLER 

Thomas, clerk of the market, freeman, 
Salem, Mass., 1642, died March 5, 1654. 
TRESWELL 

Henry, resident of Salisbury, Mass., 
1686. 

TREVETT, TREVY, TRIVITT 

Henry, at Marblehead, Mass., 1646-74. 
TREVORE, TREVOUR 

From Cornish British, Trevear, the great 
town. 

William, “Mayflower” passenger, a hired 
mariner for the service of the London 
company, returned to Eng., 1621, but was 
in N. E. in April, 1650. 

TREWORGYE, TRUEWORGIE, TRE- 
WORTHY 

James, merchant, Welsh or Cornish, 
descent, son of James T., b. Kingsweare, 
Eng., at Kittery, Maine, 1636. 

John, brother of the preceding, married 
Newbury, Mass. 

Nicholas, brother of the preceding, res¬ 
ident of N. E. before 1649. 

Samuel, died Boston, Mass., 1698. 
TRIANS 

Anansias, married Saybrook, Conn., 
1667. 

John, resident Saybrook, Conn., 1667. 
TRICK 

Elias, took oath of allegiance, Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

TRICKEY, trickett 

Thomas, at Dover, N. H., 1648. 

TRILL 

Thomas, resident Hartford, Conn., 1664. 
TRIMMINGS 

Oliver, inhabitant, Exeter, N. H., 1644. 
TRINER 

Thomas, at Marblehead, Mass., 1674. 
TRIPP 

There is an amusing anecdote in regard 
to derivation of this name. Lord How¬ 
ard’s fifth son in explaining to Henry V. 
how they took the town and castle an¬ 
swered I tripp’d up the walls. Saith his 
majesty "Tripp shall be thy name and no 
longer Howard,” and honored him with a 
scaling-ladder for his coat of arms. 


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John, settled Portsmouth, R. I., 1638. 
TRISTRAM, TRUSTRUM 

Ralph, resident Saco, Maine, 1647. 
TROOP 

William, married Barnstable, Mass., 
1666. 

TROTMAN 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1643, re¬ 
turned England, 1644. 

TROTT 

Bernard, merchant Boston, Mass., 1665- 

75 - 

John, resident Nantucket, Mass., 1679. 
Richard, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1642. 
Simon, freeman Wells, Maine, 1653. 
Thomas, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1644. 

TROTTER 

From the French word Trotteur, a per¬ 
son always on the trot; a rambler. 
William, married Newbury, Mass., 
1652. 

TROUT 

William, took oath of fidelity Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

TROW 

Henry, freeman Salisbury, Mass., 1676. 
TROWBRIDGE 

A town in England. The name signifies 
“through the bridge” perhaps given for 
some feat of daring or bodily courage. 
Line traced to Thomas T., 1550. 

Thomas, son of John, grandson of 
Thomas T., b. Taunton, Somersetshire, 
Eng., 1610, settled Dorchester, Mass., 
1636, removed New Haven, Conn., 1639, 
returned to Eng., 1641. 

TRUANT, TROUANT 

Maurice, at Duxbury, Mass., 1643, re¬ 
moved Marshfield, Mass., died April 21, 
1685. 

TRUE 

From the river Trieu in Bretange, 
France. Tre signifies a town. 

Henry, came from Huntsford, York¬ 
shire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1630, re¬ 
moved Salisbury, Mass., 1657. 
TRUESDALE, TRUSDELL 

Richard, butcher, admitted church Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1634, died 1671; no issue. 
Samuel, nephew of the preceding, free¬ 
man, Cambridge, Mass., 1685. 

TRULL 

John, b. Eng., 1634, married Billerica, 
Mass., 1657, died June 15, 1704. 

Samuel, brother of the preceding, on tax 
list Billerica, Mass., 1679. 


TRUMAN, TREMAN 

The surname is of Norman origin. The 
first known English ancestor Preys Tre- 
mayne. 

John, b. Nottinghamshire, Eng., first 
record N. E., New London, Conn., 1666. 
TRUMBULL, TRUMBALL, TRUMBELL 
Daniel, at Lynn, Mass., 1647. 

John, captain of trading vessel, b. Eng., 
1607, came from Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 1636. 

John, carpenter and school teacher, 
freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1639, removed 
Rowley, Mass., 1640. 

Ralph, at Marshfield, Mass., 1643. 

TRY, TRAY 

Michael, freeman Windsor, Conn., 1640, 
removed Fairfield, Conn. No male issue. 
TUBBS 

Samuel, New London, Conn., 1663. 
William, married Plymouth, Mass., 
1637, one of the proprietors of Bridge- 
water, Mass. 

TUCK, TEWK 

Robert, innkeeper and tailor, came from 
Gorleston, county of Suffolk, Eng., to 
Watertown, Mass., 1636, removed Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1638, died Oct. 4, 1664. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1612, at Salem, Mass., 

1637- 

Thomas, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1671. 

William, proprietor Milford, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1675. 

TUCKER 

Henry, resident Sandwich, Mass., 1653. 
James, inhabitant of Portsmouth or 
Dover, N. H., 1689. 

John, proprietor Watertown, Mass., 
1636, removed Hingham, Mass., 1637. 
John, resident Boston, Mass., 1655. 

John, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1676. 
John, married Newbury, Mass., 1670. 
Maurice or Morris, cooper, householder 
Salisbury, Mass., 1659, removed Tiverton, 
R. I., 1699. 

Nicholas, died Marblehead, Mass., 1664. 
Richard, b. Eng., 1612, came Casco, 
Maine, agent Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 
1634, removed Portsmouth, N. H., 1665. 
Robert, son of George of the fourth gen¬ 
eration, Willielmus Tucker of Thornley, 
Devonshire, Eng., b. Kent, Eng., 1604, 
came Weymouth, Mass., 1635, removed 
Gloucester, Mass., resident Milton, Mass., 
1662. 


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William, died York, Maine, May, 1666. 
TUCKERMAN 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1652. 
Otho, inhabitant, Portsmouth, N. H., 
1664. 

TUCKEY 

George, at Windsor, Conn., 1645. 

John, householder Charlestown, Mass., 
1658. 

TUDOR 

The Welsh for Theodore; or in old Eng¬ 
lish, pious, as Tudor Belin, the pious king. 
John, living at Boston, Mass., 1673. 
Owen, inhabitant Windsor, Conn., 1645, 
died Oct. 30, 1690. 

Samuel, brother of the preceding, mar¬ 
ried Windsor, Conn., 1685, died July 6, 
1727. 

TUFTS 

James, came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., 1638. 

Peter, b. Eng., 1616-17, came Malden 
side, Charlestown, Mass., 1650, represen¬ 
tative Medford, Mass., 1689, died May 13, 
1700. 

TULLER 

John, married Simsbury, Conn., 1684. 
TULLY 

John, almanac maker, bapt. Horley, 
county of Surrey, Eng., 1638, came to N. 
E. with his mother, 1644, freeman Say- 
brook, Conn., 1671, died Oct. 5, 1701. 
TUPPER 

A corruption of part of the motto of the 
family “Tout perdie.” 

Thomas, teacher and preacher, grand¬ 
son of Robert T. who came from Hesse 
Cassel, Upper Saxony, Germany, to Eng¬ 
land; b. Eng., 1578, settled Lynn, Mass., 
removed Sandwich, Mass., 1637; died 
March 28, 1676. 

TURBAT, TURBUTT 

Peter, took oath of allegiance, Wells, 
Maine, 1653. 

TURBEFIELD 

Henry, resident Weymouth, Mass., 1673. 
TURELL 

Daniel, blacksmith, came from Instow, 
Devonshire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1646, died July, 1693. 

Samuel, resident Boston, Mass., 1657. 
William, Boston, Mass., 1655. 

TURFY, TURFEE 

George, resident Saco, Maine, 1685. Will 
probated Nov. 17, 1714. 

TURNER 

The name is of the occupation class. Ayl- 
bricht le Turnur, a native of London, 
Eng., name appears on the Hundred 
Rolls, 1273. 


Charles, Salem, Mass., 1643. 

Daniel, living Duxbury, Mass., 1643, re¬ 
moved Hartford or New Haven, Conn. 
Edward, Milford, Conn., 1651, removed 
Middletown, Conn., 1665, died April 4, 

1717. 

Elisha, married Hingham, Mass., 1687. 
Ephraim, resident Hartford, Conn., 1691. 
Humphrey, tanner, b. Eng., about 1593, 
came from county of Essex, Eng.,, to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1628, removed Scitu- 
ate, Mass., 1633, died 1673. 

James, inhabitant, New Haven, Conn., 
1649. 

Jeffrey, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 
1643, died 1654. 

John, “Mayflower” passenger, died in 
the spring of 1621. 

John, merchant, joined church Salem, 
Mass., 1637, died Barbadoes, 1668. 

John, b. Eng., 1620, settled Roxbury, 
Mass., freeman 1649, one of thirteen orig¬ 
inal settlers Medfield, Mass. 

Lawrence, Exeter, N. H., 1650, freeman 
Newport, R. I., 1657, removed Greenwich, 
Conn. 

Michael, Lynn, Mass., 1637; removed 
Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 

Nathaniel, came Winthrop’s fleet to N. 
E., freeman Lynn, Mass., 1630, removed 
New Haven, Conn., 1638, a passenger on 
the ill-fated ship that sailed for England. 
Ralph, resident Scarborough, or Fal¬ 
mouth, Maine, 1663. 

Richard, resident Boston, Mass., 1638. 
Robert, innholder, at Boston, Mass., as 
early as 1633; will probated Aug. 24, 
1664. 

Robert, shoemaker, b. Eng., 1611, came 
Boston, Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1593; came to N. E., 
1635, resident Exeter, N. H., 1652. 
Thomas, resident Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

William, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1643, removed Boston, one of the found¬ 
ers of the first Baptist church 1665, cap¬ 
tain King Philip’s War. Turner Falls, 
where he defeated the Indians, named for 
him; the following day he was killed 
by the Indians. 

TURNEY 

Benjamin, b. Bedfordshire, Eng., set¬ 
tled Concord, Mass., freeman, 1641. 
Joseph, resident Stamford, Conn., 1687- 
1701. 

TURPIN 

Thomas, fisherman, Isle of Shoals, N 
H., removed Portsmouth, N. H., 1645. 


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William, first school-master, Providence, 
R. I., 1684. 

TURVILL 

Thomas, tanner, Newbury, Mass., 1668, 
died May 22, 1677. No issue. 

TUTTLE, TUTTEL, TUTHILL 

From the ancient tothills of England, 
meaning “Hill of God.” Locally, a town 
in Caernarvon, Wales, near the coast. 
From word Tuthill, signifying a conical 
hill, the name being given in early times 
to a number of locations in England. 
The permanent seat of the family was 
in Devonshire, Eng. William Totyl was 
Lord Mayor of Exeter, 1552. 

Edward, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Elisha, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Henry, came Hingham, Mass., 1637. 
John, merchant, b. Eng., 1596, came to 
Ipswich, Mass., from St. Albans parish, 
Hertfordshire, Eng., 1635, returned Eng¬ 
land, 1652, died Carrickfergus, Ireland, 
Dec. 30, 1656. 

John, came from Saxlingham, county of 
Norfolk, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635, 
removed New Haven, Conn., 1639, thence 
Southold, L. I., 1641. tv . 

John, b. Eng., 1618, came N. E., 1635, 
settled Dover, N. H., 1640, died 1662. 
John, freeman, Boston, Mass,, 1690. 
Jonathan, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Richard, husbandman, brother first John, 
b. Eng., 1593, came to Boston, Mass., 
1635- 

William, husbandman, brother of the 
preceding, b. Eng., 1609, proprietor 
Charlestown, Mass., 1636, removed New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, estate administered 
June, 1673- 

TWELVES, TUELLS, TWELLS 

Robert, b. Eng., 1614, resident Braintree, 
Mass., 1645, died March 2, 1691. 
TWINING 

A Danish word Twinge, to force, master, 
subdue; or a name given for dexterity 
in archery. At Wing, may be abbreviated 
to Twing. 

William, freeman, Yarmouth, Mass., 
1643, removed Eastbam, Mass., 1644, died 
April 15, 1659. 

TWISDEN, TWISDALL, TWISDALE 

John, came from County of Kent, Eng., 
to Scituate, Mass., 1639, resident York, 
Maine, 1648. 

TWISS 

Daniel, son of Dr. William T. of Eng¬ 
land in N. E., 1656-60. 

Nathan, brother of the preceding, resi¬ 
dent N. E., 1650-60. 


Peter, first on record Marblehead, Mass., 
1680. 

William, brother of Daniel, living N. E., 
1650-60. 

TWITCHELL, TWITCHWELL 

Benjamin, at Dorchester, Mass., grantee 
Lancaster, Mass., 1654, resident Medfield, 
Mass., 1663. 

Joseph, brother of the preceding, resident 
Dorchester, Mass., 1633, freeman 1643. 
TWOMBLY, TWAMBLY 

Nathaniel, resident Dover, N. H., 1658. 
Ralph, inhabitant, Dover, N. H., 1658. 
TYLER 

The name is from the Anglo-Saxon 
word, tigele, a corruption of the Latin 
tegula; title which comes from the verb 
tegere, to cover, hence the tyler, one who 
bakes clay into tiles. The first English 
record of the name is Geoffreyle, Tulese, 
County of Hants, England, 1273. 
Abraham, married Haverhill, Mass., 
1640, died May 6, 1673. 

Francis, drew lot at Branford, Conn., 

1679. 

George, brother of preceding, at Bran¬ 
ford, Conn., 1674. 

Job, b. Shropshire, Eng., first record 
Portsmouth, R. I., 1638, removed And¬ 
over, Mass., 1640, resident Roxbury, 
Mass., 1665, thence Mendon, Mass., 1669, 
returned Roxbury, Mass., located in what 
is now Boxford, Mass., 1681; will pro¬ 
bated 1700. 

Nathaniel, resident Lynn, Mass., 1640. 
Peter, brother of Francis, freeman 
Branford, Conn., 1672. 

Roger, resident Mass., 1650, died New 
Haven, Conn., 1674. 

Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., 1657. 
Thomas, sea captain, came from Bud- 
leigh, Devonshire, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 
1685, removed Weymouth, Mass., 1698; 
* on his last voyage captured by a Bar¬ 
bary corsair, fate unknown. 

William, took oath of fidelity, New 
Haven, Conn., 1657, removed Walling¬ 
ford, Conn. 

TYLEY, TYLEE 

Thomas, waterman, Boston, Mass., 1664. 
TYNG, TING 

Among the ancient Celts the place where 
courts were held, and justice adminis¬ 
tered was called Ting, i. e. to surround; 
the circle, the temple, or round hill. The 
Tings at first were only judicial, but in 
process of time they became legislative. 
The most remarkable object of this kind 
is the Tynwald, in the Isle of Man. Thing 


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in Saxon, a cause, meeting, a council; 
German, ding , a court. Dutch, dinger , a 
pleader. 

Edward, merchant, b. Eng., 1600, free¬ 
man, Boston, Mass., 1641, died Dec. 28, 
1681. 

William, merchant, brother of preced¬ 
ing, arrived Boston, Mass., 1638, removed 
Braintree, Mass., representative, 1649-51. 
TYSON 

The son of Tys, an abbreviation among 
the Dutch of Matthias. 

James, Quaker, at Boston, Mass., 1667. 
UMPHERVILE, UMBERFIELD, UMFRE- 
VILLE 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., 1675, 
proprietor, 1685. 

UNDERHILL 

A local name. Under the hill. 

George, resident N. H., 1668. 

John, known as Captain, b. Warwick, 
Eng., 1597, came to N. E., 1630, located 
Boston, Mass., removed Dover, N. H., 
1638, finally Queens Co., L. I.; will ad¬ 
ministered Nov. 4, 1675. 
UNDERWOOD 

A local name. Under the wood. 

Henry, resident Newport, R. I., 1670. 
James, baker, at Salem, Mass., 1654. 
Joseph, living Hingham, Mass., 1637, 
removed Watertown, Mass., freeman, 
1645. 

Martin, weaver, b. Eng., 1596, came 
from Ipswich, county of Suffolk, Eng., 
to Watertown, Mass., 1634, died Nov. 7, 
1672. 

Thomas, brother of Joseph, freeman, 
Hingham, Mass., 1637, removed Water- 
town, Mass., selectman, 1656, died 1668. 
William, married Concord, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1640. 

UNTHANK 

Christopher, at Providence, R. I., free¬ 
man, Warwick, R. I., 1655. 

UPDIKE 

Gilbert, resident Newport, R. I., 1664. 
UPHAM 

The house or town on the height. 

John, b. Bicton, Devonshire, Eng., 1598, 
freeman, Weymouth, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Malden, Mass., 1648, died Feb. 
25, 1682. 

UPSHALL, UPSALL 

Nicholas, Dorchester, Mass., 1630, re¬ 
moved Boston, Mass., 1644, died Aug. 
20, 1666. 

UPSON 

Stephen, sawyer, b. Eng., 1612, resident 
Boston, Mass., 1635. 


Thomas, brother of the preceding, set¬ 
tled Hartford, Conn., 1638, removed 
Farmington, Conn., 1645. 

UPTON 

The high hill, or the town on the height. 
John, blacksmith, settled first Salem, 
Mass., 1658, removed Reading, Mass.; 
freeman 1691, died 1699. 

URRAN, URAN, URIN 

From Cornish British, urrian the border, 
boundary or limit of a country. 

John, at Newbury, Mass., 1669, removed 
New Hampshire, where he married, 1686. 
William, died New Hampshire, 1664. 
USHER 

An officer of a court who introduces 
strangers; the under-master of a school. 
Hezekiah, printer and bookseller, free¬ 
man, Cambridge, Mass., 1639, removed 
Boston, Mass., 1645, representative for 
Billerica, Mass., 1671-73, died May 14, 
1676. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, swore 
fidelity New Haven, Conn., 1644, removed 
Stamford, Conn., 1647, inventory of es¬ 
tate, Oct. 26, 1669. 

USSELL 

Richard, resident Portsmouth or New¬ 
port, R. I., 1653-56. 

USSELTON 

Francis, married Wenham, Mass., 1657. 
UTTLEY. 

Richard, Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 

Samuel, married Scituate, Mass., 1648. 
UXLEY 

Henry, one first settlers Taunton, Mass., 
1637- 

VALE, VAIL, VAILL 

Low land between hills, a valley. 

James, resident Dedham, Mass., 1656. 
Jeremiah, b. Eng., 1618, at Salem, Mass., 
1639, removed Gardiner’s Island, Boston 
Harbor, 1651, Southold, L. I., 1659. 
VALENTINE 

From the Latin Valentinus, a name de¬ 
rived from valens, able, puissant, brave. 
John, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1675. 
VALLACK 

Nicholas, swore fidelity, Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

VANE 

Henry, son of Sir Henry V. came N. E., 
1635, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1635; gov¬ 
ernor of Mass., 1636, returned England, 

1637- 

John, granted land Portsmouth, R. I., 

1639- 


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VANGOODENHAUSEN 

Samuel, Dutch trader, married New 
Haven, Conn., 1648, removed New York, 
1668. 

VARLEET, VARLETH, VARLETT 

Casper or Jasper, Dutchman, died Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1662. 

VARNEY 

Thomas, joined church Boston, Mass., 
1664, died Dec. 4, 1692. 

William, died Ipswich, Mass., 1654. 
VARNUM 

George, died Ipswich, Mass., 1649. 

VARS 

Lord John de Vars, French nobleman, 
settled Westerly, R. I., 1677, returned to 
France for his family, was killed in a 
duel; his widow and son, Isaac, settled 
on the R. I. property. 

VASSALL 

William, comptroller of Mass., son of 
John V., b. Eng., 1593, came in Win- 
throp’s fleet to N. E., returned to Eng¬ 
land, came second time 1635, settled Rox- 
bury, Mass., removed Scituate, Mass., 
1636, finally to Barbados where he died 
before 1655. 

VAUGHAN, VAHAN, VAHEN 

From the Welch, the same as By chan 
or Vychan, little, small in stature. 
George, sent by Mason, Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1631, returned England, 1634. 

George, b. Eng., 1621, married Marsh¬ 
field, Mass., 1652, settled Scituate, Mass., 
1653, removed Middleboro, Mass., 1663, 
died 1694. 

John, b. Eng., about 1615, at Watertown, 
Mass., 1633, removed Providence, R. I. 
John, first record Newport, R. I., 1638, 
freeman, 1658. 

William, one founders Baptist church, 
Newport, R. I., 1644. 

William, chief justice Supreme Court, 
married Portsmouth, N. H., 1668, died 

1719. 

VAULSTONE, VALSTON 

Thomas, at Providence, R. I., 1645, free¬ 
man Newport, R. I., 1655. 

VEAZEY, VESEY, VEAZIE, VEASEY 

Wet or fenny land, near the water, sub¬ 
ject to inundation; the same as Fossey. 
Cornish British, Vosey, the ditch or fort 
near the water. Robert de Veci was with 
William the Conqueror. 

George, b. Eng., 1635, settled Dover, N. 

H„ 1659. 

Robert, Watertown, Mass., 1636. 
William, b. Eng., 1616, freeman Brain¬ 
tree, Mass., 1643, died June 16, 1681. 


VENNER 

Thomas, wine cooper, freeman Salem;. 
Mass., 1638, removed Boston, Mass., 1645, 
returned London, Eng., before 1656, exe¬ 
cuted for raising mob, Jan., 1661. 
VENTRIS, VENTERUS, VENTROOS 

Moses, freeman, Farmington, Conn.,. 
1651, died 1697. 

William, brother of the preceding, b.. 
Eng., 1623, freeman, Farmington, Conn., 
1654, removed Haddam, Conn., 1669, 
died July 2, 1701. 

VERE, VEARE, VEIR 

Edward, died Wethersfield, Conn., 1645. 
VERGOOSE, FERGOOSE, GOOSE 

Isaac, b. Eng., 1637, came from near 
Norwich, county of Norfolk, Eng., to. 
Boston, Mass., 1662, died Nov. 29, 1710. 
Peter, brother of the preceding, resident 
Boston, Mass., 1659, died Dec., 1667. 
VERIN, VEREN, VERING 

John, married Boston, Mass., 1660. 
Joshua, roper, came from Salisbury,. 
Wiltshire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1635, 
removed Providence, R. I., 1637, return¬ 
ed to Salem, Mass., 1641. 

Philip, roper, brother of the preceding,, 
arrived Boston, Mass., 1635, freeman,, 
1635, imprisoned as a Quaker, 1655. 
VERMAES, VERMAYES 

Mark, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1639. 
VERNON 

A place name from Vernon in Normandy- 
Daniel, b. London, Eng., 1643, settled 
Kingstown, R. I., 1666. 

Francis, granted land Medfield, Mass.,. 
1658, removed Boston, Mass., 1663. 
VERY 

Samuel, b. Eng., 1619, came with his. 
mother Bridget to Salem, Mass., 1648. 
Thomas, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng., 1626, married Gloucester, Mass.,. 
1650. 

VIALL, VILES 

John, b. Eng., 1619, inhabitant Boston, 
Mass., 1639. 

VICARS, VICERS, VICARY 

In Cornish British Vicar, a sovereign 
lord. Vicar the incumbent of a benefice; 
one who performs the functions of an¬ 
other. 

Edward, died New Haven, Conn., 1684. 
George, at Marblehead, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved Hull, Mass., 1650. 

Roger, Scarborough, Maine, 1663. 
VIGERS, VIGARS 

Thomas, limeburner, b. 1650, at Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1685. 


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VINAL 

John, son of Ann, a widow, b. 1636, died 
Scituate, Mass., Aug. 21, 1698. 

Stephen, brother of preceding, married 
Scituate, Mass., 1662. 

VINCENT 

Humphrey, Cambridge, Mass., 1634, 
removed Ipswich, Mass., before 1638, died 
Dec. 3, 1664. 

John, Lynn, Mass., removed Sandwich, 
Mass., 1636. 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., 1639. 
Nicholas, b. about 1612, at Manchester, 
Mass., 1679. 

Philip, son of Richard V., b. Frisby, 
near Coningsborough, Yorkshire, Eng., 
came to N. E., 1637, went to England the 
following year. 

William, freeman, Salem, Mass., 1635, 
removed Marblehead, Mass. 

William, settled Gloucester, Mass., re¬ 
moved New London, Conn., 1651, removed 
Providence, R. I., 1666. 

VINE 

Taken from the plant that bears the 
grape; a vineyard. “Will of the Vine.” 
“Will Vine.” 

William, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1674. 

VINING 

John, freeman Weymouth, Mass., 1666. 
William, resident Portsmouth, N. H., 
1683. 

VINSON 

John, living Weymouth, Mass., 1675. 
VINTON 

The name is derived from the French 
word Vin, meaning wine compounded 
with tenant, signifying to hold or keep. 
Edward, died Marblehead, Mass., 1678. 
John, b. Eng., 1620, at Lynn, Mass., 1648, 
died New Haven, Conn., 1663. 

VIXEN 

Robert, inhabitant Eastham, Mass., 1655. 
VODEN, VORDEN, VOUDEN 

John, came from Isle of Jersey, Eng., 
to Salem, Mass., 1669. 

Moses, brother of the preceding, married 
Salem, Mass., 1674. 

VORE, VOAR 

Richard, at Dorchester, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Windsor, Conn., before 1640, died 
Nov. 22, 1683. 

VOSE 

Vos is a Dutch family name, in Flemish 
it became DeVos and German Voss. 
Ebenezer, b. England, 1636, died Dor¬ 
chester, Mass., 1716. 


Robert, b. Garston, county of Lancaster, 
Eng., 1599, came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1640, resided Milton, Mass., 1654. 
VOWLES, VOULS, VOWELLS 

I^Richard, Fairfield, Conn., 1650-56, re¬ 
moved Greenwich, Conn., freeman, 1662. 
VYALL, VIOL, VIALL 

John, vintner, resident Boston, Mass., 
1639, removed to Swanzey, Mass., died 
1686. 

WACOMBE, WACKHAM 

Thomas, resident of Portsmouth, N. H., 
1684. 

WADDELL, WODEL 

William, at Watertown, Mass., 1643, 
removed Portsmouth, R. I., 1644, will 
probated 1692. 

WADE 

From the Dutch word weide, a meadow 
or pasture. 

Henry, Hingham, Mass., 1652. 
Jonathan, merchant, came from Den¬ 
ver, near Downham Market, Norfolk- 
shire, Eng., 1632, to Charlestown, Mass., 
freeman 1634, removed Ipswich, Mass., 
1636, will probated 1678. 

Nicholas, brother of the preceding, inn¬ 
keeper, b. Eng., 1616, settled Scituate, 
Mass., 1631. Killed in Indian fight at 
Rehoboth, Mass., 1676. 

Richard, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man Lynn, Mass., 1637. 

Robert, Dorchester, Mass., 1635, remov¬ 
ed Hartford, Conn., 1640, living at Nor¬ 
wich, Conn., 1669. 

Samuel, resident Lynn, Mass., 1641. 
William, married Middletown, Conn., 
1658. 

WADFIELD 

John, living Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
WADHAM, WADHAMS 

A place name from the old manor of 
Wadham at Knowston, near South Mol- 
ton, Devonshire, England. 

John, b. Somersetshire, Eng., settled 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1645-50. 
WADFIELD 

John, inhabitant, Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
WADILOVE 

Nicholas, at Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
WADLAND, WALDEN 

Crispin, shipwright, died Charlestown, 
Mass., 1671. 

WADLEIGH, WADLEY, WADLOW 

John, innkeeper at Saco, Maine, 1636, 
removed Wells, Maine, 1647, died 1671. 
WADSWORTH 

The name means wood-court, in ancient 
times courts were held in the woods, 


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hence the name. Also the same as 
Woodsworth, the farm or place in the 
woods. The ancient seat of the family 
Nottinghamshire. 

Christopher, son of Thomas W., locat¬ 
ed Duxbury, Mass., 1632, will probated 
1677- 

Timothy, freeman Boston, Mass., 1690. 
William, brother of Christopher, b. 
Eng. about 1600, settled Cambridge, 
Mass., 1632, removed Hartford, Conn., 
1636, where he died about 1676. 
WAINWRIGHT 

Francis, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 
Thomas, at Wethersfield, Conn., 1643, 
removed Dorchester, Mass., 1659. 
WAITE, WAIT, WAITT, WAYTE 

A local name, the same as Thwaite, a 
piece of ground cleared of wood, a 
meadow. 

Benjamin, known as Sargeant, b. 1640, 
at Hatfield, Mass., 1663, killed by In¬ 
dians at Deerfield, Mass. 

Gamaliel, fisherman, b. Eng., 1598, join¬ 
ed Church Boston, Mass., 1633, lived 
Long Island, Boston Harbor and died 
1685. 

George, resident Providence, R. I., be¬ 
fore 1646. 

John, b. 1618, known as Capt. John, son 
of Samuel W. of Wethersfield, Eng., 
member of Church Charlestown, Mass., 
1647, removed Malden, Mass., 1644, died 
1693. 

John, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1646, died 
1665. 

Jonathan, died Northampton, Mass., 
1696. 

Richard, tailor, brother of Gamaliel, b. 
Eng., 1596, admitted church Boston, 
Mass., 1634, will probated 1680. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1608, settled Water- 
town, Mass., 1637, died 1669. 

Richard, took oath of allegiance Spring- 
field, Mass., 1678. 

Samuel, resident Wickford, R. I., 1674. 
Thomas, brother of Gamaliel, b. Eng., 
1601, at Portsmouth, R. I., 1639. 
William, took oath of allegiance North¬ 
ampton, Mass., 1679. 

WAKEFIELD 

A market town in West Yorkshire, Eng¬ 
land, the watch-field. 

John, b. Hertfordshire, Eng., came to 
N. E., 1632, at Salem, Mass., 1637, at 
Marblehead, Mass., 1638, settled Wells, 
Maine, 1648 died 1660. 

John, b. Eng., 1614-15, at Boston, Mass., 
removed Edgartown, Mass., 1660. 


Obadiah, freeman, Boston, Mass., 1683. 
Samuel, at Boston, Mass., before 1675. 
William, b. Eng., 1618, freeman Hamp¬ 
ton, Mass., 1639, removed Newbury, 
Mass. 1646. 

WAKELY WAKLEE, WAKELIN 

Henry, Hartford, Conn., 1660, removed 
Stratford, Conn., 1668, will dated 1689. 
James, Hartford, Conn., 1649, removed 
Wethersfield, Conn., finally Newport, R. 
I., 1680. 

Richard, freeman, Haddam, Conn., 1657, 
died 1681. 

Thomas, freeman Hingham, Mass., 1636, 
removed Falmouth, Maine, killed by In¬ 
dians, 1675. 

WAKEMAN, WAKMAN 

A title given to the chief magistrate of 
Rippon in Yorkshire, England, a watch¬ 
man. 

John, son of Francis W. of Bewdley, 
Worcestershire, Eng., where he was b. 
about 1598-99. Came to N. E., 1638, 
removed New Haven, Conn., 1639, treas¬ 
urer of the colony 1656, died 1661. 
Samuel, brother of the preceding, came 
to Roxbury, Mass., 1631, removed Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., and to Hartford, Conn., 
1635. Killed at Bahamas, 1641. 

WALBRIDGE 

Henry, came from Dorsetshire, Eng., 
was at Preston, Conn., 1688. 

WALCOT, WALLCOT, WALLCOTT 

Abraham, husbandman, settled at Salem 
1678, now Danvers, Mass. 

John, resident of Watertown, Mass., 
I634-35- 

Jonathan, brother of Abraham, mar¬ 
ried at what is now Danvers, Mass., 1665. 
Josiah, married at Salem, Mass., 1685. 
William, at Salem, Mass., 1637, excom¬ 
municated at same time as Roger Wil¬ 
liams ; removed Providence, R. I. 

WALDEN 

The Saxon and German, designating a 
wood, a woody place. 

Edward, died Wenham, Mass., 1679. 
WALDO 

Cornelius, b. Eng., 1624, first record Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1647, removed Ipswich, 
Mass., 1654, later, 1665, Chelmsford, 
Mass., died 1701. 

WALDRON, WALDREN, WALROND 

From the Saxon word Wald, a wood. 
The English ancestor, Edward Waldron 
or Walderne, lived at Alcester, War¬ 
wickshire. 




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Alexander, at Dover, N. H., 1664, died 
1676, naming in will five brothers, Isaac, 
William, George, Samuel and Edward. 
Edward, brother of the preceding, at 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648, soon afterwards 
returned to England. 

George, brother of the preceding, at Do¬ 
ver, N. H., 1661, removed Boston, Mass., 
where he was a resident 1679. 

Isaac, physician, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, at Portsmouth, N. H., 1661, re¬ 
moved York, Maine, 1670, to Boston, 
Mass., 1676. 

John, married Marblehead, Mass., 1673. 
John, apprentice to John Heard, Dover, 
N. H., 1687. 

Ralph, at Boston, died Barbadoes, 1653. 
Richard, bapt. Alcester, Warwickshire, 
Eng., 1616; at Dover, N. H., 1645; 
killed by Indians 1689. 

William, brother of the preceding, son 
of William W., grandson of George, 
great-grandson of Edward; bapt. Alces¬ 
ter, Warwickshire, Eng., 1601, freeman, 
Dover, N. H., 1642. 

William, gunsmith, brother of Alexan¬ 
der, resident Dover, N. H., 1664-83. 
WALES 

A native of Wales, a name given by the 
Anglo-Saxons to the Britons, who orig¬ 
inally came from Gaul, which the Sax¬ 
ons pronounced Wealas, Wales, Welsh 
and Wallia. 

Nathaniel, shipwright, bapt. Idle, 
Yorkshire, Eng., 1586-87, came to N. E. 
1635, proprietor and freeman, Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1637, removed Boston, Mass., 
1654, where he died 1661. 

WALFORD 

Thomas, found by the first comers at 
Charlestown, Mass., and called a smith 
1628, removed Portsmouth, N. H., 1631, 
died 1660. 

WALKER 

In the north of England and south of 
Scotland, a fulling-mill is called a walk- 
mill. This name may signify either a 
fuller or an officer, whose duty consists 
in walking or inspecting a certain space 
of forest ground. 

Archibald, married at Providence, R. I., 
1690. 

Augustine or Austin, sea-captain and 
merchant, came from the vicinity of 
Berwick on the “Tweed,” Eng., to 
Charlestown, Mass., 1638, died Bilboa, 
Spain, 1653; descendants early settlers 
Woburn, Mass. 

Benjamin, one of the founders Brattle 
Street Church, Boston, Mass. 


Francis, at Middleboro, Mass., 1668, re¬ 
moved Duxbury, Mass., 1672. 

Henry, resident Gloucester, Mass., 1647, 
removed Ipswich, Mass., 1651, died 1693. 
Isaac, merchant, married Boston, Mass., 
1644. 

Israel, lived Woburn, Mass., 1672. 
James, b. Eng., 1619, came to N. E. 1635, 
at Taunton, Mass., 1643, removed Reho- 
both, Mass., 1644, died 1692. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1634, re¬ 
moved to R. I., 1637. 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., 1639, 
inventory of his estates taken 1652. 
John, married Woburn, Mass., 1672. 
John, married Charlestown, Mass., 1674. 
John, married Beverly, Mass., before 
1686. 

Joseph, adherent of Massachusetts jur¬ 
isdiction at Portsmouth, N. H., 1665. 
Nathaniel, a resident of Boston, Mass. 
Obadiah, early settler Reading, Mass. 
Philip, weaver, brother of James, res¬ 
ident Rehoboth, Mass., 1653-79. 

Richard, farmer, Captain of the Militia, 
b. Eng., 1593, settled Lynn, Mass., 1630, 
removed Reading, Mass., afterwards to 
Woburn, Mass, died 1687. 

Richard, shoemaker, b. Eng., 1611, came 
to N. E. 1635, settled Boston, Mass. 
Richard, granted land Salem, Mass., 

1637. 

Robert, weaver, b. Eng., 1607, came from 
Manchester, Lancashire, Eng., to Boston, 
Mass., admitted to church 1632; a foun¬ 
der of Old South Church; died 1687. 
Samuel, was at Exeter or Hampton, N. 
H., 1644. 

Samuel, married Rehoboth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1654. 

Samuel, merchant, resident Boston, 
Mass., 1654. 

Shuabel, town clerk, Rowley, Mass., 
married Lynn, Mass., 1666; afterwards 
at Reading and Haverhill, Mass.; died 
1689. 

Thomas, brick burner at Boston, Mass., 
before 1650, died 1659. 

Thomas, schoolteacher, Sudbury 1664, 
afterwards inn-keeper, will probated 
1697. 

Thomas, one of the founders Bristol, 
R. I. 1687. 

William, b. Eng., 1620, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1636, 
settled at Eastham, Mass., where he mar¬ 
ried 1655. 


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William, resident of Salem, Mass., 1637. 
\LKLEY 

Henry, one first settlers Hartford, 
Conn., 1637. 

VLKUP 

George, married Reading, Mass., 1688. 

ILL 

“John at the Wall”—John Wall. 
James, carpenter, sent over by Mason to 
Portsmouth, 1631, removed Hampton, N. 
H., 1648, to Exeter, N. H., 1646. returned 
to Hampton 1654, died soon afterwards. 
John, came to N. E. 1630, at Exeter, 
N. H., 1639, Portsmouth, N. H., 1640. 
vLLBRIDGE 

Henry, came from Dorsetshire, Eng., 
with his brothers William and Stephen 
to Dedham, Mass., 1685, removed Pres¬ 
ton, Conn. 

kLLEN, WALLING, WALLINE 

Ralph, came to Plymouth, Mass., 1623. 
Richard, resident Providence, R. I., 
1667. y 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, -b. 
Eng., about 1630, freeman at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1655. 
iLLER 

A Gauler or Waller, a foreigner, from 
the Anglo-Saxon Waller-went, foreign 
men, strangers. 

Christopher, tray-maker, at Salem, 
Mass., 1637, granted land 1649, removed 
Ipswich, Mass., where he died 1676. 
Joseph, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1670, removed Fairfield, Conn., where he 
died 1672. 

Matthew, at Salem, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved Providence, R. I., on list of free¬ 
men 1653, resided at New London, 
Conn., 1667-74. 

Thomas, shoemaker, Boston, Mass., 
1670. 

Thomas, resident Providence, R. I., 
1676. 

William, brother of Matthew, at Salem, 
Mass., 1637, removed Saybrook, Conn., 
1649. 

.LLEY 

Christopher, freeman Concord, Mass., 
1682. 

John, mariner, freeman Boston, Mass., 

1673- 

Thomas, clergyman, b. Eng., 1617, rector 
of St. Mary’s Whitechapel, London, 
Eng., arrived at Boston, Mass., 1663, 
where he died 1678. 

Thomas, married Boston, Mass, 1692. 
William, married Charlestown, Mass., 
1684. 


WALLINGFORD, WALLINSFORD, WAL- 
LINGTON 

John, married Dover, N. H., 1687. 

• Nicholas, married Bradford, Mass., 
1678. 

Nicholas, came in boyhood to New’bury, 
Mass., 1638, as servant of Stephen Kent, 
admitted freeman 1670; tradition says 
that he was captured by a Barbary cor¬ 
sair and never returned. 

WALLIS, WALLACE 

The same as Wales or Welch and form¬ 
ed thus— Gaulish, Wallish, Wallis and 
also Welsh or Welch, a name given to 
the Britons by their Danish and Angles 
invaders because they originally came 
from Gaul. 

John, died Woburn, Mass., 1670. 

John, at Scarborough, Maine, 1658, re¬ 
moved Gloucester, Mass.; 1678, where 
he died 1690. 

Nathaniel, brother of the preceding, 
b. Cornwall, Eng., 1632, removed to Fal¬ 
mouth, Maine, 1658, died 1709. 

Ralph, b. Eng., 1595, came to N. E., 
1635, settled at Rumney Marsh, now 
Chelsea, Mass. 

Richard, at Saybrook, Conn., 1659, re¬ 
moved Norwich, Conn., 1660. 

Robert, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1659. 
Thomas, freeman of Mass., 1643. 
William, admitted to the church 
/ Charlestown, Mass., 1642. 

/ward 

A keeper, one who guards or deferds. 
The first one known to assume the name 
was William de la Ward, who resided 
in Chester, Eng., 1175. 

^ Andrew, freeman Watertown, Mass., 
1634, removed Wethersfield, Conn., 1635, 
and to Stamford, Conn., 1641, after¬ 
wards to Fairfield, Conn., where he died 
1659. 

Andrew, at Wethersfield, Conn., men¬ 
tioned in his mother’s (Joyce W.) will, 
1641. 

Benjamin, ship carpenter, at Boston, 
Mass., 1639; left no issue. 

George, signed the covenant at New 
Haven, Conn., 1639, removed Branford, 
Conn., 1646, and died 1653. 

John, physician, lived Boston, Mass., 
1652, afterwards at Ipswich, Mass. 
Will probated 1656; left no issue. 
John, son of widow, Joyce W., was at 
Branford, Conn., finally removed to N. J. 
Lawrence, brother of George, resident 
New Haven, Conn., 1639, removed Bran¬ 
ford, Conn., 1646, later to New¬ 
ark, N. J., where he died 1671. 





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Marmaduke, freeman, Newport, R. I., 
1640. 

Miles, known as Captain Miles W., 
came from Erith, County of Kent, 
Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1639. 
Nathaniel, clergyman, son of Rev. 
John W., b. Haverhill, county of Suf¬ 
folk, Eng., 1570, at Ipswich, Mass., 1634, 
returned to England before 1647, where 
he died 1653. 

Nathaniel, original settler Hartford, 
Conn., 1638, removed Hadley, Mass., 
1660, where he died 1664, leaving no 
issue. 

Samuel, cooper, b. Eng., 1592, propri¬ 
etor Hingham, Mass., 1636, removed 
Charlestown, Mass., 1658, where he died 
1682. 

Samuel, married Branford, Conn., i6 r ,8. 
t S amuel, freeman Marblehead, Mass., 
1665, had military title of Major and 
died in Phips’ expedition against Que¬ 
bec, Canada, 1690. 

Thomas, came to N. E., 1630, at Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1639. 

Thomas, at Milford, Mass., 1657. 
William, b. Yorkshire, Eng., 1603, came 
to Sudbury, Mass., 1639, removed to 
Marlboro, Mass., 1660, where he died 
1687. 

YARD ALL, WARDHALL, WOODELL, 
WARDWELL 

The name had its origin in medieval 
institution of “watch and ward.” 
Thomas, shoemaker, admitted church 
Boston, Mass., 1634, removed Exeter, 
N. H., afterwards Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
William, brother of the preceding, resi¬ 
dent Boston, Mass., 1634, removed Ex¬ 
eter, N.i H., 1637, afterwards resident 
Ipswich, Mass., but in his later life re¬ 
turned to Boston, Mass. 

William, at Wells, Maine, 1649. 

WARE 

A local name, A town in Hertfordshire, 
Eng., so named from the wear in the 
river Lee at that place. 

Henry, townsman Dorchester, Mass., 
1668. 

Joseph, resident Salem, Mass., 1682. 
Robert, settled at Dedham, Mass., 1642, 
freeman 1647, died 1699. 

Samuel, freeman Boston, Mass., 1675. 
William, shoemaker, resident Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1643, removed Boston, Mass., 
1652, died 1658. 

WARFIELD 

John, settled Dedham, Mass., 1642, re¬ 


moved Mendon, Mass., 1685; will 
1691. 

WARHAM 

John, clergyman, came from Ply 
Eng., to Dorchester, Mass., 16; 
moved Windsor, Conn., 1635, died 
William, married, Newbury, 
1682. 

WARLAND 

Oscar, first record marriage at 
bridge, Mass., 1679. 

WARNER 

The name occurs in the Doomsda 
in the account of the Manors o 
ner. The Manor of Pakelsha: 
granted before 1473 to John Wa 
Warner’s Hall in Great Walthai 
Andrew, b. Eng., 1600, settled 
bridge, Mass., 1632, removed H; 
Conn., 1635, removed Hadley, 
where he died 1684. 

Daniel, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 
Gabriel, resident, Boston, Mass., 
George, died New Haven, Conn., 
John, Providence, R. I., 1637, los 
1652, leaving no male issue. 

John, b. Eng., 1615, came to N. 1 
proprietor Hartford, Conn., n 
moved Farmington, Conn., 1657 
tee Waterbury, Conn., 1673, di< 
John, brother of Andrew, marri< 
dletown, Conn., 1669. 

John, married, Ipswich, Mass., 
John, resident Woburn, Mass.. 
1684. 

Joseph, freeman Hadley, Mass., 
Ralph, admitted inhabitant Do 
Mass., 1664. 

Samuel, married, Ipswich, Mas 
Thomas, resident Wells, Maine, 
Thomas, innkeeper, Norwalk, 
1665. 

William, son of Samuel W., 
sted, county of Essex, Eng., 15 
settler Ipswich, Mass., 1637. 
WARREN 

From Cuarenna or Varenna, 
county of Calais in Normandy 
they came to England with Wi 
Conqueror. The primary sens- 
word is to stop, hold, or repel, 
keep off. Earl of Warrenne in 
dy, France, 1050, first English 
William, first earl of Warren - 
rey, 1066. 

Abraham, at Salem, Mass., 
Ipswich, Mass., 1648, where 

1654- 





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Arthur, resident Weymouth, Mass., 
1638. 

Ephraim, resident Boston, Mass., 1685. 
James, settled Kittery, Maine, 1656. 
'John, b. Eng., 1585, came to N. E. in 
Winthrop’s fleet, freeman Watertown, 
Mass., 1631, will dated 1667. 

John, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1654. 
John, tobacconist or card-maker, mar¬ 
ried, Exeter, N. H., 1650, removed Bos¬ 
ton, Mass. 

John, spinner at Ipswich, Mass., 1670. 
Peter, mariner, b. Eng., 1628, purchased 
land Dorchester, Mass., afterwards Mil- 
ton, Mass., 1659; died 1704. 

Ralph, granted land Salem, Mass., 1638. 
Richard, “Mayflower” passenger, mer¬ 
chant at Greenwich, county of Kent, 
Eng. 

Thomas, resident Salem, Mass., 1640. 
William, freeman Hartford, Conn., 
1658. 

William, mariner, married at Boston, 
Mass., 1690. 

WARRINER, WARRENER 

William, freeman Springfield, Mass., 
1638. 

WARWICK, WARRICK 

The county town of Warwickshire, 
England. From the Cornish British 
guarth, a safe-guard, a garrison; and 
wick, Saxon, a port or city. Another 
authority says wearing-wick , from wear 
and wick, a harbor. 

Henry, resident Saco, Maine, 1636, died 
about 1673. 

WASHBURN, WASHBORNE 

From Wash which applies to swift mov¬ 
ing current, and burn or bourne, a brook 
or a small stream. Sir Roger de Wash¬ 
burn of Little Washbourne, Worcester¬ 
shire, was resident of England in later 
half of the thirteenth century. 

John, founder of the family in Amer¬ 
ica, 12th generation from Sir Roger de 
W., b. Evesham, Worcestershire, 1597, 
settled Duxbury, Mass., 1632, original 
proprietor Bridgewater, Mass., 1645. 
William, resident Stratford, Conn., re¬ 
moved Hempstead, L. I. 

WASS, WASSE 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1645. 
Thomas, schoolteacher, swore allegiance 
Haverhill, Mass., 1677, taught school at 
Haverhill, Mass., 1660, afterwards Ips¬ 
wich and Newbury, Mass.; died 1691. 
WASSON, WASON 

Benjamin, married, Dover, N. H., 1687. 


WASTALL, WESTALL, WASSTOLL 

John, early settler Wethersfield, Conn., 
removed Saybrook, Conn., 1669. 
WATERBURY 

John, hotel-keeper Watertown, Mass., 
1646, removed Stamford, Conn., where 
he died 1658. 

William, came in Winthrop’s fleet 1630 
to Boston, Mass., died soon after on 
return to England. 

WATERHOUSE, WATERUS 

A place name from Waterhouse in Staf¬ 
fordshire, Eng., also village in county 
of Durham, Eng., an ancient family of 
Lincolnshire who claim their descent 
from Sir Gilbert Waterhouse of Kirton 
in the reign of Henry III. 

David, resident of Boston, Mass., 1679. 
Jacob, living Wethersfield, Conn., 1639, 
removed New London, Conn., 1645. 
Richard, tanner, at Boston, Mass., 1672. 
settled on Pierce Island, Portsmouth, 
N. H., before 1688. 

Thomas, schoolmaster, b. Eng., 1599, 
freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1640, died 
1679- 

WATERMAN 

John, arrived Boston, Mass., 1639. 
Richard, b. Eng., 1590, came to Salem, 
Mass., 1629, removed Providence, R. I., 
1638, later to Warwick, R. I., 1643, fin¬ 
ally removed to Newport, R. I., where 
he died 1673. 

Robert, brother of the preceding, came 
from Norwich, Eng., to Salem, Mass*. 
1636; married, Marshfield, Mass., 1630I 
Thomas, brother of the preceding at 
Roxbury, Mass., before 1641, removed 
Warwick, R. I., 1645, died 1676. 
Thomas, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655, 
removed Wickford, R. I., 1674. 

WATERS 

A name given to one who navigated 
the waters or resided near them. 
Anthony, town clerk, Hempstead, L. I., 

1633- 

Bevil, b. Eng., 1633, freeman Hartford, 
Conn., 1669, died 1730. 

Edward, took oath of fidelity New 
Haven, Gonn., 1647, living Westchester, 
N. Y„ 1663. 

Jacob, resident Charlestown, Mass., 1682. 
John, servant of Gov. Winthrop, came 
from Neyland, county of Suffolk, Eng., 
to N. E., 1630. 

Joseph, married Boston, Mass., 1655. 
Joseph, at New Haven, Conn., 1649, re¬ 
moved Milford, Conn., 1653. 


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Lawrence, resident Watertown, Mass., 
1634, removed Lancaster, Mass., 1638. 
Richard, gunsmith, bapt. St. Botolph 
Aldersgate, London, Eng., 1604, settled 
Salem, Mass., 1636; will probated 1677. 
Richard, freeman Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 
Sampson, married Boston, Mass., 1666. 
Samuel, freeman Woburn, Mass., 1684. 
Stephen, brother of Jacob, resident 
Charlestown, Mass., 1678. 

William* swore allegiance to Mass., 
Pemaquid, Maine, 1674. 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1653. 

WATHEN, WATHIN 

George, member of church Salem, Mass., 
1641. 

John, member of church Portsmouth, 
N. H., 1640. 

WATKINS 

From Wat, and the patronymic termi¬ 
nation kins, the son of Wat or Walter. 
David, resident Stratford, Conn., before 
1688. 

John, came to Salem, Mass., 1641, died 
in that year. 

John, resident Cambridge, Mass., 1651. 
Thomas, tobacco maker, living Boston, 
Mass., 1653, freeman 1660, died 1689. 

Thomas, resident Kennebeck, Maine, 
1665. 

WATSON 

The son of Walter. 

Edward, married, New Haven, Conn., 
1653, died 1660. 

John, b. Eng., about 1590, came to Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1632, died 1672. 

John, b. Eng., 1619, freeman Cambridge, 
Mass., 1645, died 1711. 

John, resident Hartford, Conn., 1644, 
died before 1656. 

John, at Rowley, Mass., 1658, freeman 
1672. 

John, apprentice, Boston, Mass., 1675. 
John, married Salisbury, Mass., 1688. 
Nathaniel, resident New London, 
Conn., 1647. 

Philip, formerly at Salisbury, Mass., 
removed Rowley, Mass., 1678. 

Robert, married Windsor, Conn., 1646, 
died' 1689. 

Robert, resident Dover, N. H., 1665. 

Thomas, tailor, admitted church Salem, 
Mass., 1639, died 1672. 

Thomas, keeper of prison, Boston, 
Mass., 1674, living Topsfield, Mass., 1684. 


William, married at Newbury, Mass., 
1670. 

WATTLES 

Richard, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
WATTS 

Henry, b. Eng., 1614, settled Scarbor¬ 
ough, Maine, 1636. 

James, resident Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
Jeremiah, Salem, Mass., 1678-80. 
Lawrence, died at New Haven, 1643; 
left no issue, 
no issue. 

Richard, early settler Hartford, Conn., 
before 1640. 

Samuel, swore allegiance Haverhill, 
Mass., 1677. 

Samuel, tried as a pirate, Boston, Mass., 
1690. 

WAY 

A road or passage of any kind; a name 
given to one who resided there. “Will 
o’ the Way.” 

Eliezer, resident Hartford, Conn., 1666. 
George, married Saybrook, Conn. 

Henry, b. Eng., 1583, settled Dorchester, 
Mass., 1630, removed to what is now 
Chelsea, Mass., 1651, finally to Boston, 
Mass., 1660, where he died 1667. 
Richard, resident of Scituate, Mass., 
1651. 

Thomas, at Isle of Shoals, N. H., 1649. 
WEARE 

Nathaniel, b. Eng., 1635, married New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1656, removed Hampton, 
N. H., 1662, died 1718. 

Peter, died Newbury, Mass., 1653, prob¬ 
ably father of the preceding. 
WEATHERS 

John, swore allegiance Hadley, Mass., 

1679- 

WEAVER 

Clement, freeman, Newport, R. I., 1655. 
Edmund, husbandman, b. Eng., 1607, 
came to N. E., 1635, from London, Eng. 
James, brother of preceding, b. Eng., 
1612, came to N. E., 1635. 

Thomas, married Boston, Mass., 1674. 
WEBB 

Adey or Addy, resident Plymouth, 
Mass., 1631; no issue. 

Benjamin, married Malden, Mass., 1669. 
Christopher, freeman Braintree, Mass., 

1645. 

Daniel, innholder, Salem, Mass., 1689. 
George, resident Dover, N. H., 1642. 
Henry, merchant, came from Salisbury, 


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county of Wilts, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 
1638, died 1660, no male issue. 

John, husbandman, came from Marl¬ 
borough, county of Wilts, Eng., to Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1634, early settler Chelms¬ 
ford, Mass., died 1668. 

John, brazier, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 
1651. 

John, resident Northampton, Mass., 
1655, died 1670. 

John, resident Salem, Mass., 1667. 

John, married, Braintree, Mass., 1680. 
Jonathan, died Northampton, Mass., 
1694. 

Joseph, died Stamford, Conn., 1684. 
Richard, shoemaker, resident Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1640, removed Boston, 
Mass., 1644, died 1659; no issue. 
Richard, came from Dorsetshire, Eng., 
freeman Cambridge, Mass., 1632, remov¬ 
ed Hartford, Conn., 1636, to Stamford, 
Conn., 1655. 

Richard, brother of third John, swore 
allegiance Northampton, Mass., 1679. 
Samuel, brother of fifth John, mar¬ 
ried, Braintree, Mass., 1686. 

Stephen, husbandman, brother of first 
John came to N. E., 1635. 

Thomas, mariner, resident Charlestown, 
Mass., 1666. 

William, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 
1636, died 1644. 

WEBBER 

The name is derived from the German 
word Weber, meaning weaver. Webber 
was the masculine, and Webster the 
feminine form of the word. The fam¬ 
ily originally came from Holland and 
those that bear the surname in New 
York and New England are generally 
descended from Wolfret Weber, born 
Amsterdam, Holland, 1600, who came to 
New Amsterdam, 1633. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., before 

1675- . 

Josias, early settler Reading, Mass. 
Michael, b. Scotland 1639, early settler 
Falmouth, Maine. 

Richard, inhabitant Portsmouth, N. H., 
1688. 

Thomas, mariner, master of the ship 
“Mayflower;” joined church Boston, 
Mass., 1644, removed to Kennebeck, 
Maine, 1649, later to Charlestown, Mass. 
WEBSTER 

A maker of webs, a weaver. 

Benjamin, resident of Salem, or Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., before 1675. 


Henry, resident Boston, Mass., before 
1683. 

James, brewer, living Boston, Mass., 
1659. 

John, came from Ipswich, county of 
Suffolk, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 1634, 
died 1646. 

John, b. Glasgow, Scotland, came from 
Warwickshire, Eng., to N. E., one of 
original settlers Hartford, Conn., 1636. 
Governor of Conn., 1656, removed to 
Hadley, Mass., 1659. 

John, brewer, resident Portsmouth, N. 
H., 1648. 

Nicholas, married, Stamford, Conn., 
1672; will dated 1687. 

Thomas, mariner, admitted church Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1644. 

Thomas, son of Thomas W., bapt. 
Ormsby, county of Norfolk, Eng., came 
with mother, wife of William Godfrey, 
to Watertown, Mass., 1638, removed 
with his step-father to Hampton, N. H., 
1648. 

WEDGE 

Thomas, settled Lancaster, Mass., 1667. 
WEDGEWOOD 

John, husbandman, settled Ipswich, 
Mass., 1637, removed Hampton, N. H., 
1639. 

WEEBON 

Stephen, died Boston, Mass., 1659. 
WEED 

John, married Salisbury, Mass., 1650. 
Jonas, came from Stamford, county of 
Northampton, Eng., freeman Water- 
town, Mass., 1631, removed Wethers¬ 
field, Conn., 1635, thence Stamford, 
Conn., 1642, where he died 1676. 
WEEDEN 

A local name from Weedon, a town in 
Northamptonshire, Eng., on the river 
Nen. Gimd-ton, the woodyhill. 

Edward, carpenter, b. Eng., 1613, came 
from London, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 

1635- 

James, came Boston, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved Portsmouth, R. I., freeman New¬ 
port, R. I., 1655, where he died about 
1673. 

Robert, resident Salem, Mass., 1638. 
Samuel, one of the founders of church, 
Newport, R. I., 1644. 

William, brother of the preceding, one 
of the founders of Baptist Church, New¬ 
port, R. I., 1644. 

WEEDER, WEEDEN 

James, freeman, Newport, R. I., 1655. 


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WEEKS, WEEKES, WICKES 

Ancient English surname; Henry Wyke 
of Stanton Wake, Somersetshire, Eng., 
ancestor in the 14th century. 
Christopher, resident Boston, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1695. 

Francis, settled Salem, Mass., 1635, 
the following year removed Providence, 
R. I. 

George, came to Dorchester, Mass., 1635, 
freeman 1640. 

Leonard, son of John Wyke, b. Eng., 

1635, came from Welles, Somersetshire, 
Eng.; on record at York, Maine, 1655, 
the following year removed Ports¬ 
mouth, N H. 

Richard, b. Eng., 1670, settled Attle¬ 
boro, Mass., 1690. 

Thomas, inhabitant Charlestown, Mass., 

1636, removed Salem, Mass., 1639. 
Thomas, early settler Wethersfield, 
Conn., 1640, removed Stamford, Conn., 
1641, and to Huntington, L. I., before 
1654, there died 1671. 

William, resident Falmouth, Maine, 
1669. 

WEIGHT 

Richard, residing in Boston, Mass., 1655. 
WEIGHTMAN, WIGHTMAN 

Daniel, clergyman, b. 1669, pastor Bap¬ 
tist church, Newport, R. I., about fifty 
years, died 1750. 

John, admitted church Charlestown, 
Mass., 1641. 

Robert, b. 1671, brother of Daniel, died 
Newport, R. I., 1728; left no issue. 
WEIMOUTH 

Robert, inhabitant Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
WELCH 

James, married Swansea, Mass., 1683; 
will probated 1714. 

Philip, b. 1638, came from north of Ire¬ 
land to Ipswich, Mass., 1654; removed 
Kingston, N. H. 

Thomas, one founders of church, Mil¬ 
ford, Conn., 1639, died 1681. 

Thomas, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 
1650, died 1680. 

WELCOME 

William, took oath of fidelity Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

WELD, WELDE 

A wood, sometimes written weald, the 
woody part of a country. 

Daniel, town clerk, b. Eng., 1585, free¬ 
man Braintree, Mass., 1641, removed 
Roxbury, Mass., 1651. 

Joseph, brother of preceding, known as 


Captain W., b. England 1600, settled 
Roxbury, Mass., 1636, died 1646. 
Thomas, clergyman, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, settled at Roxbury, Mass., 1632, 
returned to England 1641, where he died 
1661. 

WELDEN 

A place name from a hamlet in the par¬ 
ish of Hardwicke, county of Bucks; also 
a parish near Daventry, county of 
Northampton, bears the name of 
Welden. The name is also derived from 
weald, woody, a wood, and den, a valley. 
James, resident Newport, R. I., 1648. 
Robert, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
where he died 1631. 

WELLER 

From the Anglo-Saxon, wellere, a hol¬ 
low or gulf. Probably the same as 
Waller (which see). 

John, swore allegiance Northampton, 
Mass., 1679. 

Richard, married Windsor, Conn., 1640. 
WELLES, WELLS 

A name given to a person who resided 
there. “John at the Wells”—John 
Wells. A bishop’s see in Somersetshire, 
so called from the wells or springs there. 
One of the most powerful houses in 
Normandy and Provence, France, in the 
8th century, when they were known by 
the name of Vaux; with this surname 
they accompanied William the Conquer¬ 
or to England. In the 13th century the 
English family was known as DeValli- 
bus, and Welles or Wells is a corrupted 
form of this name. 

Edward, resident Boston, Mass., 1644. 
Hugh, son of Thomas W. of Essex, 
Eng., b. Eng., 1590, came to N. E., 1635, 
removed Hartford, Conn., 1636, and to 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1647; died 1678. 
Isaac, at Scituate, Mass., 1638, removed 
Barnstable, Mass., 1643. 

James, freeman Haddam, Conn., 1669, 
prior to this, Springfield, Mass., 1650, 
died 1697. 

John, removed from Stratford, Conn., 
to Hadley, Mass., where he was free¬ 
man 1699, died 1692. 

John, carpenter, took oath of allegiance 
Newbury, Mass., 1669. 

John, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1677. 
Nathaniel, b. Eng., 1600, came from 
Colchester, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1629, 
removed to R. I., 1640. 

Richard, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1639, 
removed Salisbury, Mass., before 1652, 
where he died 1672. 


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Robert, known as Deacon, early settler 
Salisbury, Mass. 

Thomas, brother of Robert, b. Eng., 
1605, settled Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 
Thomas, b. Essex, Eng., 1598, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1635, at Saybrook, Conn., 
the following year, and Hartford, Conn., 
163 7, governor of Conn., 1658, died 
Wethersfield, Conn., 1660. 

Thomas, physician, came Ipswich, Mass., 
freeman 1647, died 1666. 

Thomas, shipbuilder at New London, 
Conn., 1648, removed Ipswich, Mass., 
1661, removed Westerly, R. I., where 
he died 1700. 

Thomas, resident Boston, Mass., 1656. 
Thomas, son of Widow Frances, who 
married for her second husband, Thom¬ 
as Colman ; resident Wethersfield, Conn., 
before 1652. 

Thomas, brother of Robert, b. Eng., 
1605, settled Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 
William, resident Lynn, Mass., 1641. 
WELLINGTON, WILLINGTON 

An ancient baronial family of Willing- 
ton, England, established by William the 
Conqueror. 

Roger, b. Eng., 1609-10, first record Wa¬ 
tertown, Mass., 1636, died 1698. 
WELLMAN 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1620, settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1640. 

William, married Gloucester, Mass., 
1649; will dated 1669. 

WELLOW 

Daniel, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 
1666. 

WELSTEED, WELSTEAD 

William, inhabitant Charlestown, Mass., 
1665. 

WELTON 

John, living Farmington, Conn., before 
1673, died 1726. 

WENBOURNE, WINBOURNE, WEN- 
BORN 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1635, 
removed Exeter, N. H., 1639, returned 
Boston, Mass., 1649. 

WENDALL, WENDELL 

From the Dutch word Wandelaar, a 
walker, hence a traveler. The name 
may also be from the river Wandle in 
Surrey, England. 

Thomas, servant at Ipswich, Mass., 
1643. 

WENSLEY, WINSLEY 

Edward, represented Salisbury, Mass., in 
the General Court 1644. 

John, mariner, living Boston, Mass., 
1664; will dated 1672. 


Samuel, brother of Edward, freeman 
Salisbury, Mass., 1639. 

WENTOM 

Edward, resident Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
WENTWORTH 

The name is of Saxon origin from guen 
or gwyn, which signifies white, and worth, 
meaning farm, plain or court, thereby 
white farm or court taking its style from 
the soil which is composed of chalk 
or a whitish clay. The name is also 
taken from the lordship of Wentworth 
in Strafford, Yorkshire, Eng., where at 
the time of the Conqueror lived Reginald 
or Rynald de Winterwode or Wynter- 
wode. It also is a local origin from the 
Worth farm, a place on the river Went, 
in Northumberland, Eng. 

William, son of William W. of the 
XXIst generation from Reginald, men¬ 
tioned above, was known as elder Wil¬ 
liam W., bapt. Alford, near Lincoln, 
Lincolnshire, Eng., 1616. Settled Exe¬ 
ter, N. H., his first record being his 
signature to Rev. John Wheelwright’s 
compact of government 1639; removed 
Wells, Maine, 1642, to Dover, N. H., 
1650, died 1698. 

WERMALL, WORMALL 

James, settled Scituate, Mass., 1638, liv¬ 
ing Duxbury, Mass., 1670, died Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1711. 

Joseph, inhabitant Scituate, Mass., 1638, 
removed Duxbury, Mass. 

Joseph, resident Boston, Mass., 1650. 
WESCOTT, WESTCOATT, WESTCOTT 
A place name formed by two words 
West and cot, the latter signifying a hut 
or small dwelling place, the same as 
Eastcott and Southcote; Westmacott in 
Saxon, a banker, a money lender. Also 
a place name from parishes in Glou¬ 
cestershire, Berkshire, and Buckshire, 
Eng. 

Daniel, inhabitant N. H., 1690. 

Richard, living Wethersfield, Conn., 
1639-44, removed Fairfield, Conn., where 
he died 1651. 

Richard, resident Kittery, Maine, 1670. 
Stukeley, b. Eng., 1592, settled Salem, 
Mass., 1636, removed Providence, R. I., 
1637, and to Warwick, R. I., 1648, His 
is the first name in the grant given by 
Roger Williams. 

William, resident Wethersfield, Conn., 
1639- 
WEST 

Benjamin, married Enfield, Conn., 1686. 
Edward, resident Lynn, Mass., 1637. 
Edward, freeman Medfield, Mass., 1672, 
removed Sherborn, Mass. 


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Francis, came from Salisbury, Eng., to 
Duxbury, Mass., 1643, proprietor Bridge- 
water, Mass., 1645. 

Henry, saddler, freeman Salem, Mass., 
1668. 

John, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1648. 
John, b. Eng., 1624, came to N. E., 1635, 
settled Saybrook, Conn., 1649. 

John, living Saco, Maine, 1640, died 
1663. 

John, represented Beverly, Mass., in 
General Court, 1677. 

John, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655. 
John, secretary of Sir Edmund Andros, 
resided Boston, Mass., 1687, returned 
Eng., 1689. 

John, at Rowley, Mass., 1691. 

Matthew, freeman Lynn, Mass., 1636, 
removed Newport, R. I., 1646. 
Nathaniel, one of founders Baptist 
church, Newport, R. I., 1644. 

Robert, resident Providence, R. I,. 1641. 
Samuel, died Salem, Mass., 1685. 
Samuel, married Salem, Mass., 1690. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1600, settled Salem, 
Mass., 1634. 

Thomas, freeman Beverly, Mass., 1670. 
Thomas, took oath of allegiance New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1669. 

Thomas, married Wethersfield, Conn., 
1677. 

Twford, b. Eng., 1616, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1635, lived 
at Rowley, Mass., 1667, Salem, 1677, 
Ipswich, 1678. 

William, married Salem, Mass., 1672. 
WESTALL, WESTELL, WESTOLL 
A local name, The West-Hall. 

John, innkeeper, Saybrook, Conn., 1653, 
died 1683. 

WESTBROOK 

Job, came from county of Surrey, Eng., 
to Portsmouth, N. H., before 1690. 
John, also from county of Surrey, Eng., 
at Portsmouth, N. H., 1665. 
WESTCAR 

John, trader, resident Hadley, Mass., 
1665; left no issue. 

WESTEAD, WESSTEAD 

William, mariner, first on record 
Charlestown, Mass., at Saybrook, Conn., 
1679. 

WESTERHOUSEN 

William, merchant, took oath of fidel¬ 
ity, New Haven, Conn., 1648. 

WESTGATE 

Adam, mariner, resident Salem, Mass., 
1647-62. 


Daniel, freeman Stamford, Conn., 1670. 
John, admitted church Boston, Mass., 
1640, returned to England before 1647. 
WESTLEY 

William, settled Hartford, Conn., 1638. 
WESTMORELAND 

A local name from a county of England, 
the West-moor-land. 

James, resident Boston, Mass., 1652. 
WESTON 

The west town; derived from a small 
village in England. 

Edmund, b. Eng., 1605, settled Boston, 
Mass., 1635, granted land Duxbury, 
Mass., 1640. 

Francis, freeman Salem, Mass., 1633, 
removed Providence, R. I., 1638, later 
Warwick, R. I.; died 1645, leaving no 
issue. 

John, captain of trading vessel, b. Buck¬ 
inghamshire, Eng., 1630-31, came to N. 
E., 1644, locating at Salem, Mass., re¬ 
moved 1653 to that part of Reading now 
Wakefield, Mass., died 1723. 

Matthew, resident Providence, R. I., 
1644. 

Thomas, merchant, planted colony Wey¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1622, later returned to 
England. 

WESTOVER 

Jonas, inhabitant Windsor, Conn., 1649, 
removed Killingworth, Conn., 1658, be¬ 
came resident Simsbury, Conn., where 
he died 1709. 

WESTWOOD 

William, b. Eng., 1606, came from Ips¬ 
wich, Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 1632, 
removed to Hartford, Conn., 1636, left 
no male issue. 

WETHERBEE, WETHERBY 

A town in West Yorkshire, Eng.; the 
wide or extended village; welder from 
the Dutch, a herdsman; weideri the 
place of fattening cattle, and by, a vil¬ 
lage. 

John, b. Eng., 1650, settled Marlboro, 
Mass., 1675, removed Sudbury or Stow, 
Mass. 

WETHERELL, WETHERILL, WITHER- 
ELL 

John, b. Eng., 1694, freeman Watertown, 
Mass., 1642, died 1672. 

Samuel, resident Scituate, Mass., 1680. 
William, schoolmaster and preacher, b. 
Maidstone, county of Kent, Eng., 1600, 
came to N. E., 1635, resided Charles¬ 
town, Mass., and 1644 at Scituate, Mass., 
where he was minister of the second 
church; died 1684. 

William, nephew of the preceding, res¬ 
ident Taunton, Mass., 1643. 


L 


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WETHERIDGE 

Edward, freeman Boston, Mass., 1644. 
WEYMOUTH 

James, died Dover, N. H., 1678. 

Robert, came from Dartmouth, Devon¬ 
shire, Eng., to Kittery, Maine, in 1652. 
Titus, died Plymouth, Mass., 1656. 
William, brother of Robert, died New 
Hampshire, 1 6^4. 

WHALE 

Philemon, freeman Sudbury, Mass., 
1646, died 1676. 

Theophilus, b. Eng., 1615, settled King¬ 
ston, R. I., 1676, died 1719-20. 
WHALEY;, WHALLEY 

Having greenish white eyes; wall-eyed. 
It is also a name of a village in Lan¬ 
cashire, Eng. 

Edward, arrived Boston, Mass., 1660. 
George, resident Cambridge, Mass., 1653. 
WHAPLES 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1625, living Hartford, 
Conn., 1664. 

WHARFF 

Nathaniel, married Casco, Maine, 1658. 
WHARTON 

Edward, glazier, Salem, Mass., 1655, died 
1678. 

Philip, resident Boston, Mass., 1656. 
Richard, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1661. 
Richard, married Boston, Mass., before 
1675- 

WHEAT, WHEATE 

John, trader at Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Joshua, b. Eng., 1618, came to Concord, 
Mass., 1635, returned Eng., 1640. 
Moses, brother of the preceding, b. Eng., 
1616, at Concord, Mass., 1635. 
WHEATLEY 

Gabriel, died Watertown, Mass., 1637. 
John, freeman Braintree, Mass., 1643. 
Lionel, freeman Boston, Mass., 1673. 
WHEATON 

A village on the river Nen, Northamp¬ 
tonshire, Eng. Whitton, Saxon, the white 
hill. Whiddon, Cornish British, white. 
Christopher, fisherman, Hull, Mass., 
1676. 

Jeremiah, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 
1676. 

Robert, came from Swansea, Wales, first 
settled Salem, Mass. One of the orig¬ 
inal proprietors Rehoboth, Mass., 1643- 
46. 

Samuel, came from Swansea, Wales, 
resident Swansea, Mass., 1669, after¬ 
wards at Rehoboth, Mass., died 1684. 


WHEDON, WHEALDON, WHIELDON 

A place where mines are worked. Wheal 
is frequently applied to signify a mine, 
and dun or din, a hill. 

Thomas, b. Eng., about 1635, took oath 
of fidelity New Haven, Conn., 1657, 
removed Branford, Conn., before 1667, 
died 1691. 

WHEELER 

A name of a trade. 


Ephraim, freeman Concord, Mass., 
1639, removed Fairfield, Conn., 1644; will 
dated 1669. 

Francis, joined the church Charlestown, 
Mass., 1645. 

Francis, at Salem, Mass., 1646. 

George, b. Eng., 1600, freeman Concord, 
Mass., 1641. 

Henry, resident Salisbury, Mass., 1659. 
Isaac, living at Charlestown, Mass., 

1639. 

John, barber, b. Salisbury, Wiltshire, 
Eng., 1584, came to N. E., 1634, one 
original proprietors Salisbury, Mass., lo¬ 
cated at Newbury, Mass., 1652. 

John, merchant, New London, Conn., 
1667. 


John, freeman, Concord, Mass., 1690. 
Joseph, freeman Concord, Mass., 1640. 
Moses, shipwright, b. Eng., 1598, set¬ 
tled, New Haven, Conn., 1638, removed 
Stratford, Conn., 1648, died 1698. 
Obadiah, farmer, b. Eng., 1608, settled 
Concord, Mass., 1638, died 1671. 

1 Richard, at Medfield, Mass., 1645, later 
Lancaster, Mass., killed by Indians 1676. 
Roger, married Boston, Mass., 1659. 
Thomas, tailor, freeman Boston, Mass., 
1637, died 1654. 


Thomas, resident Milford, Conn., 1639, 
removed Derby, Conn., 1664, died 1672. 


Thomas, resident of Lynn or Salem, 
Mass., 1635. 


Thomas, took oath of fidelity, New 
Haven, Conn., 1644. 


Thomas, brother of the first John, b. 
Eng., 1600, removed from Lynn, Mass., 
to Stonington, Conn., before 1669, died 
1685. 

Thomas, b. Bedfordshire. Eng., 1620, 
signed petition Concord, Mass., 1643, re¬ 
moved Fairfield, Conn., 1644; will pro¬ 
bated 1654. 

Thomas, married Concord, Mass., 1657. 
Timothy, b. Eng., 1601, freeman Con¬ 
cord, Mass., 1640, died 1687. 

William, brother of second Thomas, 


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removed from Concord, Mass., to Strat¬ 
ford, Conn., died 1666. 

William, freeman, Concord, Mass., 
1660. 

William, married Boston, Mass., 1686. 
WHEELOCK 

From a village in Cheshire, England. 
Ralph, clergyman, b. Shropshire, Eng.; 
settled Watertown, Mass., 1637, re¬ 
moved Dedham, Mass., 1638, died 1684. 
WHEELWRIGHT 

John, clergyman, son of Robert W., b. 
Saleby, Lincolnshire, Eng., 1599, came to 
Boston, Mass., 1636, removed to Exeter, 
N. H., 1638, to Wells, Maine, 1641, and 
to Hampton, N. H., 1647, became resi¬ 
dent Salisbury, Mass., in 1658, where 
he died 1679. 

WHELDEN, WHELDING, WHELDON 

Gabriel, will probated Malden, Mass., 
1654- 

Henry, at Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
WHELPLEY 

Henry, at Stratford, Conn., 1645, re¬ 
moved Fairfield, Conn., 1653. 

Nathan, sea captain at New Haven, 
Conn., 1678, died at sea, 1687. 
WHETCOMBE 

James, merchant, Boston, Mass., 1669. 
WHIDDEN 

Michael, b. Eng., about 1650, member 
of the church, Portsmouth, N. H., 1699. 
Richard, died Fairfield, Conn., before 
1690. 

Samuel, resident New Hampshire, 1680. 
I WHIPPLE 

John, b. Eng., 1617, freeman Ipswich, 
Mass., 1640, died 1669. 

John, carpenter at Dorchester, Mass., 
1632, removed Providence, R. I., 1659, 
died 1685. 

Matthew, brother of first John, b. 
Bocking, county of Essex, Eng., 1605, 
granted land Ipswich, Mass., 1638, died 
1647. 

WHIPPO 

James, married Boston, Mass., 1692, 
lived Barnstable, Mass. 

WHISTON 

Henry, accepted freeman of Conn., liv¬ 
ing Huntington, L. I., 1664. 

John, resident Scituate, Mass., 1632. 
WHITACRE, WHITTACRE, WHITAKER, 
WHITTAKER 

Name of English origin; it appears on 
the Hundred Rolls as early as 1273. The 
north part of a graveyard allotted to the 
poor was called whittaker, from wife, 
a penalty, and acre ,—a place of burial 


for criminals. A culprit who could not 
discharge the penalty or wife became a 
“witetheow” and was buried in the 
whitacre. Another definition is “the 
northeast part of a flat or shoal—the 
middle ground.” 

Abraham, b. Eng., 1590-95, settled Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1637, afterwards resided 
Haverhill, Mass. 

John, resident Watertown, Mass., re¬ 
moved Billerica, Mass., at Chelmsford, 
Mass., 1691. 

Richard at Rehoboth, Mass., 1668. 
WHITCHER 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1622, settled Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1638. 

WHITCOMB, WHETCOMB 
James, merchant Boston, Mass., 1662. 

John, son of Symon W., b. Dorsetshire, 
Eng., 1588, settled Dorchester, Mass., 
1635, removed Scituate, Mass., 1644, af¬ 
terwards removed Lancaster, Mass., 
where he died 1662. 

WHITE 

A name given from the color of the 
hair or complexion. It may be also 
local, derived from the Isle of Wight on 
the coast of Hampshire, England, so- 
called from the Welsh gwydd, wood 
from its primitive forest. 

Anthony, b. Eng., 1607, came from 
Ipswich, county of Suffolk, to Water- 
town, Mass., afterwards proprietor Sud¬ 
bury, Mass., died 1686. . 

Benjamin, married Roxbury or Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., before 1683. 

Domingo, resident Lynn, Mass., 1668. 
Edward, b. Eng., 1593, came from Cran- 
brook, county of Kent, Eng., to Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1635. 

Edward, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1647. 
Elias, resident Marblehead, Mass., 1669- 
74- 

Emanuel, at Watertown, Mass., 1636, 
removed Yarmouth, Mass., 1642. 
Gawin, married Scituate, Mass., 1638. 
George, married Rowley, Mass., 1671. 
Henry, took oath of allegiance Hadley, 
Mass., 1679. 

Humphrey, at Ipswich, Mass., 1640. 
Ignatius, married Charlestown, Mass., 
1683. 

John, b. Eng., 1600, came from Shal- 
ford, county of Essex, and settled Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1632, removed Hartford, 
Conn., 1636, removed Hadley, Mass., 
1659, returned Hartford, Conn., where 
he died 1683. 


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John, settled Lynn, Mass., 1633, remov¬ 
ed Southampton, L. I., 1644, died 1662. 
John, son of Robert W., grandson of 
Robert W., of South Petherton, county 
of Somerset, Eng., bapt. 1602, settled at 
Salem, Mass., 1638, returned to Eng., 
1648, and came back to Lancaster, Mass., 
1653, where he died 1673. 

John, resident Watertown, and Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1642. 

John, took oath of fidelity Kittery, 
Maine, 1640. 

John, living in what is now Brookline, 
Mass., before 1654, died 1691-92. 

John, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1658. 

John, feltmaker at Boston, Mass., 1669. 
John, married Taunton, Mass., 1680. 
John, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1677. 
Joseph, brother of Benjamin, inhabitant 
Roxbury, Mass., 1684. 

Josiah, took oath of allegiance Hamp¬ 
ton, N. H., 1678. 

Lawrence, lighterman at Boston, Mass., 
1677. 

Nathaniel, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1643. 

Nicholas, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 

1643. 

Paul, resident Pemaquid, Maine, 1658. 
Richard, carpenter, b. Eng., 1595, came 
to N. E. 1635, settled Sudbury, Mass., 
1639. 

Robert, resident Charlestown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1635. 

Samuel, resident Braintree, Mass., 1689. 
Thomas, known as Capt. Thomas, b. 
Eng., 1599, freeman Weymouth, Mass., 
1636. 

Thomas, freeman Sudbury, Mass., 1640. 
Thomas, died Charlestown, Mass., 1664. 
Thomas, joined the church Charlestown, 
Mass., 1668. 

William, woolcarder, came in the “May¬ 
flower,” died Plymouth, Mass., 1621, 
father of Peregrine W. 

William, b. Eng., 1610, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to Ipswich, Mass., 1634, free¬ 
man Newbury, Mass., 1642, removed 
Haverhill, Mass., where he died 1690. 
William, b. Eng., 1610, came from 
county of Norfolk, Eng., to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1640, died 1684. 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1647; 
left no male issue. 

William, b. Eng., 1621, came from Lon¬ 
don, Eng., to N. E., 1635, freeman Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1671. 


William, resident Boston, Mass., 1688, 
Zechariah, at Salem, Mass., 1669, set¬ 
tled Haverhill, Mass., 1677. 
WHITEHAND 

George, joined church Charlestown, 
Mass., 1633. 

WHITEHEAD 

Isaac, resident New Haven, Conn., 1648. 
John, married Branford, Conn., 1660. 
Richard, resident Windsor, Conn., 1640. 
Samuel, at Cambridge, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Hartford, Conn., 1636, freeman 
New Haven, Conn., 1669. 

WHITEHOUSE 

Thomas, blacksmith, settled Dover, N. 
H., 1658, died 1707. 

WHITFIELD 

The white field. 

Edward, resident Reading, Mass., 1649. 
Henry, clergyman, b. Eng., 1597, one of 
the founders of the church Guilford, 
Conn., 1643, returned England, 1650. 
John, resident Dorchester, Mass., 1634, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1635. 

WHITFORD 

The white ford. 

Walter, resident Salem, Mass., before 
1668. 

WHITHAN 

Henry, married Gloucester, Mass., 1665. 

WHITING, WHITIN, WHITON 

From the Saxon, signifying the white or 
fair offspring. The Saxon termination 
mg, denoted offspring or child, as Cuth- 
ing, the child of Cuth, Dun-ning, the 
brown offspring, etc. The name has 
been used ever since the adoption of sur¬ 
names. Roger Witen is mentioned in 
the Doomesday Book in 1085. Allan de 
Witting, English ancestor, 1119. 

Giles, resident Hartford, Conn., 1643. 
James, came from Hingham, Eng., to 
Hingham, Mass., freeman 1660. 
Nathaniel, miller, b. Eng., 1609, grant¬ 
ed land Lynn, Mass., 1638, removed Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1640. 

Samuel, clergyman, son of John W., 
mayor of Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng., 
where he was born 1597, freeman Lynn, 
Mass., 1636, died 1679. 

William, merchant, known as Major 
W., came from Boxford, county of Sus¬ 
sex, Eng., to Cambridge, Mass., 1633, 
one of original settlers Hartford, Conn., 
1636, died 1647. 

WHITLOCK 

From the Saxon, signifying fair hair. 
John, died Fairfield, Conn., 1658. 



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WHITMAN 

From wight, in old English, lively, quick, 
and man, or from Dutch, wight, 
weighty, ponderous, wight-man, a stout 
man, or it may be after all simply 
white-man. 

George, settled Kingston, R. I., before 
1669, at Wickford, R. I., 1674. 

John, b. Eng., 1602, came from Nor- 
folkshire, Eng., settled Dorchester, 
Mass., freeman Weymouth, Mass., 1639, 
died 1692. 

John, freeman Charlestown, Mass., 1642. 
Valentine, resident Providence, R. I., 
1652. 

Zechariah, brother of first John, b. 
Eng., 1595, came to N. E., 1635, at Mil¬ 
ford, Conn., 1639, removed New Haven, 
Conn., 1643, died 1666. 

WHITMARSH 

John, resident Weymouth, Mass., 1655. 
Nicholas, brother of the preceding, liv¬ 
ing Weymouth, Mass., 1661. 

Simeon, brother of the preceding, in¬ 
habitant Weymouth, Mass., 1669. 
WHITMORE, WHITTEMORE, W E T - 
MORE 

The original family name was de Boterel 
or Botrel; the first English record is 
Peter de Boterel, living in Staffordshire 
in 12th century. The family soon after 
this took the name of the locality in 
which they resided, became known as 
Whitemere, signifying white mere or 
lake. This spelling was altered and 
modified until the present form of the 
name. Sir John de Whytemere was 
knighted on a battlefield in 1230 for 
valorous conduct and received a tract of 
land entitled Whytemere or white mead¬ 
ows. The English ancestry is traced 
to De Boteral of Staffordshire, Eng., in 
1100. His grandson, Ralph, married 
Avsia de Whitmore, and his grandson 
John became Sir John de Whitmore. 
Francis, son of Nicholas W., XVIIIth 
generation from De Boteral, b. Hitchen, 
Hertfordshire, Eng., 1625, resident Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1630-41, removed Cambridge, 
Mass., 1648, died 1685. 

John, appears at Wethersfield, Conn., 

1638, removed Stamford, Conn., 1641, 
murdered by Indians 1648. 

Thomas, b. Hitchen, Hertfordshire, 
Eng., 1594, settled Charlestown, Mass., 

1639. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1615, came to N. E., 
1635, settled Wethersfield, Conn., 1639- 
40, one of first settlers Middletown, 
Conn., 1649. 


WHITNEY 

From the Anglo-Saxon word hwit, white, 
and ey, water, or ige, an island; the lit¬ 
eral signification being white water. The 
name is of remote English antiquity and 
the family was founded by Eustace 1085 
and styled DeWhitney from the lordship 
of Whitney which he possessed and is 
mentioned in the Doomesday Book in 
that year. Turstin, a Fleming knight, 
was in the army of William the Con¬ 
queror ; his great grandson in the 
twelfth century built a stronghold on 
the river Wye, where he took up his res¬ 
idence when the name was first taken as 
a surname. Sir Robert W. was knighted 
by Queen Mary 1553. It is also a place 
name from the parish of Whitney in 
Hertfordshire, England. 

Henry, b. Eng. about 1620, first appeared 
in town records of Southold, L. I., 1649, 
afterwards lived at Huntington and 
Jamaica, L. I., and was resident Nor¬ 
walk, Conn., 1665. 

Jeremiah, at Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
John, son of Thomas, grandson of Sir 
Robert W., bapt. at parish of Isleworth 
near London, Eng., 1592, settled Water- 
town, Mass., 1535, died 1673. 
WHITON, WHITTON, WHITTEN 

James, resident Hingham, Mass., 1648, 
died 1710. 

Thomas, b. Eng., 1599, came to N. E., 
1635 ; where he settled is unknown. 
WHITRED, WHITTRIDGE, WITTREDGE 
Nathaniel, resident Lynn, Mass., 1637. 
William, brother of preceding, b. coun¬ 
ty of Kent, Eng., 1599, inhabitant Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1637, died 1668. 
WHITTEMORE, WHITAMORE 

Lawrence, b. Eng., 1572, came from 
Stanstead Abbey, county of Herts, Eng., 
freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1637; no issue. 
Thomas, died Charlestown, Mass., 1661, 
was a resident of Reading, Mass. 
WHITTEN 

Jeremiah, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1639, died 1682; no issue. 

WHITTIER 

Abraham, died Manchester, Mass., 1674. 
Thomas, b. Eng., 1620-22, settled Salis¬ 
bury, Mass., 1638, removed Haverhill, 
Mass., 1650, died 1696. 
WHITTINGHAM 

John, son of Baruch W., grandson of 
William W., the distinguished reformer 
of Eng., came from Southerton, near 
Boston, Lincolnshire, England to Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1637, died 1649. 


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WHITTINGTON 

Edward, granted land Andover, Mass., 
1673. 

WHITTLESEY 

The name was first taken by the people 
living in Whittlesea Fens in the 10th 
century. William W. the English ances- 
, ter 1187. 

John, tanner and shoemaker, b. Eng., 
1623, came in his childhood to Boston, 
Mass., 1635, married Saybrook, Conn., 

1664, died 1704. 

WHITWAY 

Thomas, hotel keeper, resident of Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., removed Branford, 
Conn., 1646, died 1651. 

WHITWELL 

Bartholomew, resident Boston, Mass., 

1665. 

William, innholder at Boston, Mass., 
before 1653. 

WICKENDON, WICKINGTON, WICKEN- 
DEN 

William, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1639, 
removed Providence, R. I., 1640. 
WICKHAM, WIKEHAM, WICOM 

From the Anglo-Saxon word, wic, the 
winding of a river or port, and comb, 
a valley. A town in Buckinghamshire, 
England—the sheltered place, house or 
town. 

Daniel, resident Rowley, Mass., 1641. 
Richard, at Rowley, Mass., 1661. 
Samuel, resident Warwick, R. I., re¬ 
moved Newport, R. I. 

Thomas, freeman Wethersfield, Conn., 
1658, died 1689. 

WICKS 

Francis, living Salem, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Providence, R. I., 1637. 

John, tanner, b. Eng., 1609, came from 
Staines, county of Middlesex, Eng., to 
Plymouth, Mass., 1635, removed to 
Portsmouth, R. I., 1637, and to War¬ 
wick, R. I., 1643; killed by Indians 1675. 
Richard, married, Malden, Mass., 1686. 
Thomas, died Salem, Mass., 1656. 
Thomas, freeman, Huntington, L. I., 
1662. 

Zachary, swore allegiance to Mass., 
1652. 

WICKWIRE 

John, married, New London, Conn., 
1676. 

WIDGER 

James, took oath of allegiance Pema- 
quid, Maine, 1674. 

WIGGIN 

A place name from Wigan, a town on 
the river Douglass, Lancashire, Eng. 


Thomas, came from Shrewsbury, Eng¬ 
land; was one of earliest members of 
government of New Hampshire, 1631, 
resided Dover and Hampton, died 1667. 
WIGGLESWORTH 

Edward, b. Eng., 1604, resident New 
Haven, Conn., 1638, died 1653. 

WIGHT 

Israel, resident Boston, Mass., 1664. 
Thomas, came from Isle of Wight at 
Watertown, Mass., 1635, removed Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1637, and to Medfield, 
Mass., 1649, died 1674. 

WIGLEY 

Edward, at Concord, Mass., 1666. 
WILBORE, WILBUR, WILLBORE 
A contraction of Wildboar. 

Samuel, admitted church Boston, Mass., 
1633, one of the corporation that pur¬ 
chased R. I., 1638, removed Taunton, 
Mass., finally to Boston, Mass., 1645; 
will probated 1656. 

WILBORNE 

Michael, married Boston, Mass., 1656. 

WILCOCKS, WILCOX 

From will and cock, which signifies lit¬ 
tle. A “Wilcock,” one rather obstinate. 
The family of Anglo-Saxon origin seat¬ 
ed at Bury St. Edmunds, county of Suf¬ 
folk, before the Norman Conquest, lin¬ 
eage traced to 1200. 

Daniel, resident Portsmouth, R. I., 
1644, removed to Dartmouth, Mass., fin¬ 
ally to Twerton, R. I. 

Edward, came Newport, R. I., 1638, one 
of first settlers to form the civil govern¬ 
ment. 

John, surveyor, inhabitant Hartford, 
Conn., 1639. 

John, resident Dorchester, Mass., 1655. 
Joseph, living Killingworth, Conn., 1663. 
Stephen, at Stonington, Conn., before 
1670. 

William, linen weaver, b. St. Albans, 
Hertfordshire, Eng., 1601, freeman Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1636, removed Stratford, 
Conn., 1639, later to Hartford, Conn., 
died 1653. 

WILCOME, WELCOME 

Richard, keeper of alehouse Isle of 
Shoals, N. H., 1683. 

William, resident Scituate, Mass., 1673, 
killed in Indian fight, 1676. 

WILD, WYLDE, WILDE 

Richard, admitted inhabitant Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1636. 

William, b. Eng., 1605, came to N. E., 
1635, at Rowley, Mass., 1643, resident 
Ipswich, Mass., 1650-1663. 


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WILDER 

A traveler, foreigner or pilgrim, the 
same as Waller, from the Saxon Wealh, 
a traveler or one who inhabits the for¬ 
est or grounds uncultivated. Nicholas 
W., the English ancestor, was a chief¬ 
tain in the army of the Earl of Rich¬ 
mond at the Battle of Bosworth and 
landed from France at Milford Haven, 
England. 

Edward, came from Plymouth, Eng., 
with his mother, Martha, a widow. His 
father, Thomas W., was of Shyslake, 
Oxfordshire, and proprietor of the Sul- 
ham estate in Berkshire, England. Ed¬ 
ward was freeman Hingham, Mass., 
1644, and died 1690. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, b. 
Shiplake, Eng., 1618, proprietor Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1638, removed Lancaster, 
Mass., 1659, died 1667. 

WILDGOOSE 

John, took oath of fidelity Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

WILEY 

John, b. Eng. about 1615, settled Read¬ 
ing, Mass., 1640. 

WILFORD 

Gilbert, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1668, 
removed Bradford, Mass., 1671. 

John, merchant, New Haven, Conn., 
1641, removed Branford, Conn., before 
1663, died 1678. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1656. 
Richard, living Branford, Conn., 1679. 

WILKES, WILKS 

George, resident Dorchester, Mass., 1639. 
Robert, merchant, died Salem, Mass., 
1677, no issue. 

Thomas, shipwright, died Salem, Mass., 
1662. 

William, living Boston, Mass., 1633, re¬ 
moved New Haven, Conn., sailed for 
England 1644, lost at sea. 

WILKEY, WILKIE 

John, living Boston, Mass., 1653. 
WILKINS 

From Wil, and the patronymic termin¬ 
ation kins, the son of William. Robert 
de Winton went from England to Gla¬ 
morganshire, Wales, 1090. 

Bray, b. 1611, came from Wales to Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1630, removed Dorchester, 
Mass., 1641, died 1702. 

John, died Salem, Mass., 1672. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1673. 
Richard, bookseller, b. 1624, resident 
Boston, Mass., 1685, died Milton, Mass., 
1704. 


Thomas, married Topsfield, Mass., 1667, 
no issue. 

William, resident Gravesend, L. I., 
1664. 

WILKINSON, WILKESON 
The son of Wilkins. 

Edward, married Milford, Conn., 1672. 
Henry, tallow chandler, b. Eng., 1610, 
living Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 

John, only son of Prudence W., a wid¬ 
ow, living Charlestown, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Malden, Mass., where her will 
was probated 1655; John died 1675. 
John, constable Scarborough, Maine, 
1640. 

John, freeman Connecticut, 1667. 
Lawrence, b. Lanchester, county of 
Durham, Eng., came Providence, R. I., 
before 1646, died 1692. 

Thomas, on the tax list Billerica, Mass., 
1679. 

WILLARD, WILLERD 

One who has a determined disposition; 
from will, choice, command, and ard, 
the Teutonic of art, strength, nature, 
disposition. Richard W. the English 
ancestor. 

George, son of Richard W., of Horsmon- 
den, county of Kent, Eng., where he 
was bapt., 1614, came to Scituate, Mass., 
1638. 

Simon, Indian trader, brother of the 
preceding, bapt. Horsmonden, 1605, came 
to N. E., 1634, settled Cambridge, Mass., 
one first settlers Concord, Mass., 1636, 
removed Lancaster, Mass., 1657, bore the 
military title of Major, died Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1676. 

WILLET, WILLETT 

Little William, or the son of William. 
Rev. Thomas W., b. 1510, rector at 
Bailey, Leicestershire, the English ances¬ 
tor. 

Daniel, resident Windsor, Conn., 1672, 
died 1690. 

Francis, b. about 1634-35, married New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1669. 

Nathaniel, married Hartford, Conn., 
1642. 

Thomas, known as Capt. Thomas, 
grandson of Rev. Thomas W., b. Eng., 
1611, came Plymouth, Mass., 1632, set¬ 
tled at Swansea, Mass. On the subju¬ 
gation of New Amsterdam by the Eng¬ 
lish, he became mayor; he returned 
Swansea, Mass., where he died 1674. 
WILLEY 

Allen, husbandman, admitted church 
Boston, Mass., 1634. 


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Isaac, resident Boston, Mass., 1640, re¬ 
moved Charlestown, Mass., 1644, and the 
following year New London, Conn.; died 
1685. 

Thomas, living Dover, N. H., 1648. 

WILLIAM, WILLIAMS 

From the Belgic Guild-helm, harnessed 
with a gilded helmet; or, as others say, 
from Welhelm, the shield or defense of 
many. The early seat of the family was 
at Flint, Wales, also in Lincolnshire, 
England. Sir Robert W., ninth baronet 
of the house of Williams of Penrhyn, 
was a lineal descendant from Marchudes 
of Cyan, Lord of Abergelen in Denbig- 
shire, of one of the fifteen tribes of 
North Wales, that lived in the time of 
Roderick the Great, King of Britons 
about A. D. 849. Howell Williams, Lord 
of Ribour, was progenitor of the Wil¬ 
liams family of Wales. 

Alexander, able to bear arms Marsh¬ 
field, Mass., 1643. 

Arthur, freeman Windsor, Conn., 1640. 
Augustus, resident Stonington, Conn., 
1680. 

Belshazzar, died Salisbury, Mass., 1651. 
Charles, resident Preston, Conn., 1689. 
Daniel, resident Providence, R. I., 1668. 
David, at Windsor, Conn., 1662, died 

1685, no issue. 

Edward, resident Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
Eleazer, joined the church Salem, 
Mass., 1637. 

Francis, sent over by Mason to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H., 1631, removed Barbadoes, 

1645. 

Francis, resident Boston, Mass., 1686. 
George, freeman Salem, Mass., 1634. 
Gregory, constable Isle of Shoals,, N. 
H., 1674. 

Griffin, resident Boston, Mass., 1686. 
Henry, at Scarborough, Maine, 1651. 
Isaac, cordwainer at Salem, Mass., 1660. 
James, resident Hartford, Conn., 1691, 
removed Wallingford, Conn., 1700. 
John, resident Scituate, Mass., 1643. 
John, living Newbury, Mass., 1641. 
John, inhabitant Windsor, Conn., 1639. 
John, at Salem, Mass., 1664, will pro¬ 
bated 1697. 

John, butcher at Boston, Mass., 1684. 
John, merchant came from Chamber- 
well, county of Surrey, to Boston, Mass., 
1670. 

John, married New London, Conn., 

1686. 


Joseph, living Boston, Mass., 1670. 
Matthew, brickmaker and farmer, first 
located Watertown, Mass., settled Weth¬ 
ersfield, Conn., 1645. 

Matthew, taxed Dover, N. H., 1657-68. 
Nathaniel, glover, freeman Boston, 
Mass., 1640, died 1661. 

Nicholas, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 
1652. 

Owen, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655, re¬ 
moved soon after Norwich, Conn., where 
he died 1682. 

Richard, tanner, son of William W., b. 
Huntingdon, Glamorganshire, Wales, 
1599, came to N. E., settled Salem, Mass., 
1633. Among first purchasers of Taun¬ 
ton, Mass., 1637. 

Richard, resident Boston, Mass., 1643. 
Richard, living Branford, Conn., 1646, 
removed Fairfield, Conn., 1658. 

Richard, living Stonington, Conn., 1670. 
Richard, at Boston, Mass., 1672. 
Richard, physician, at New Haven, 
Conn., 1691. 

Robert, came from Norwich, county of 
Norfolk, Eng., freeman Roxbury, Mass., 
1638, died 1693. 

Robert, schoolmaster, freeman Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., 1655, later Newport, R. I. 
Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1672. 
Roger, came to Dorchester, Mass., 1630, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, returned 
to Dorchester, Mass., 1649. 

Roger, minister, son of James, brother of 
second Robert, b. Wales 1599, came to N. 
E. 1630, settled Salem Mass., removed 
Providence, R. I., 1635, $ied 1683. 

Roger, died Milford, Conn., 1656. 
Samuel, living Yarmouth, Mass., 1643. 
Simon, took oath of allegiance, Hatfield, 
Mass., 1679. 

Thomas, “Mayflower” passenger, died 
soon after landing; no issue. 

Thomas, resident Plymouth, Mass., 1635. 
Thomas, ferryman, came to Boston, 
with Winthrop’s fleet. 

Thomas, swore allegiance Saco, Maine, 
1636. 

Thomas, made will at Boston, Mass., 

1646. 

Thomas, living Rehoboth, Mass., before 

1647. 

Thomas, at Eastham, Mass., 1655. 
Thomas, living Wethersfield, Conn., 
where he died 1693. 

Thomas, b. Eng. 1640, was at Groton, 
Mass., 1666. 


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Thomas, b. 1664, living New London, 
Conn., 1670, died 1705. 

Thomas, married Newbury, Mass., 1696. 
Timothy, able to bear arms Marshfield, 
Mass., 1643. 

William, b. Eng. 1597, came from Great 
Yarmouth, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 1637. 
William, granted land Dover, N. H., 

1653. 

William, cooper, b. Eng. 1625, settled 
Hartford, Conn., 1646, freeman 1654, 
died 1689. 

William, resident Huntington, L. I., 
freeman of Conn. 1664. 

William, resident New London, Conn., 
1664. 

William, married Boston, Mass., 1660, 
killed in King Philip’s War 1676. 
William, resident Boston, Mass., 1687. 
William, married Lynn, Mass., 1681. 
WILLIAMSON 

The son of William. 

Michael, b. Eng. 1605, came to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1635, removed R. I. 

Paul, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1635. 
Timothy, freeman Plymouth, Mass., 
1647, removed Marshfield, Mass., 1649, 
died 1676. 

William, b. Eng. 1605, came to N. E. 

1635- 

WILLINGTON 

Roger, b. Eng. 1609-10, recorded Water- 
town, Mass., 1636. 

WILLIS 

Willy’s, the son of Willy, the “s” being 
added for son. 

Edward, married Boston, Mass., 1668, 
died 1698. 

Experience, died Boston, Mass., 1711. 
George, freeman Cambridge, Mass., 1637. 
George, b. Eng. 1602, son of Richard 
or Timothy W., came from Fenny 
Compton, Warwickshire, Eng., settled 
Cambridge, Mass., 1636, removed Hart¬ 
ford, Conn., 1637. 

Henry, resident Boston, Mass., 1653. 
Jeremiah, at Newport, R. I., 1655. 

John, freeman Boston, Mass., 1632, died 
1634, no issue. 

John, married Boston, Mass., 1655. 
John, resident Duxbury, Mass., 1640, 
one first settlers Bridgewater, Mass., 

1657- 

Josiah, mariner, married Boston, Mass., 

1675. 

Jost or Joist, surveyor of ordinance and 
cannonier, of Dutch descent, resident 


Boston, Mass., 1631, returned to Europe 
1632, died at sea. 

Lawrence, resident Sandwich, Mass., 
1643. 

Michael, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 
1638. 

Nathaniel, schoolmaster, brother of sec¬ 
ond John, original proprietor Bridgewa¬ 
ter, Mass., 1657, died before 1687. 
Nicholas, mercer from Bury St. Ed¬ 
munds, county of Suffolk, Eng., free¬ 
man Boston, Mass., 1634, died 1650. 
Richard, married Plymouth, Mass., 

1670. 

Robert, at Boston, Mass., 1643. 

Robert, inhabitant Rowley, Mass., 1691. 
Rowland, living Scituate, Mass., 1670. 
Thomas, farmer, settled Lynn, Mass., 
1630, removed Sandwich, Mass., 1642. 
William, married Scituate, Mass., 1638. 
WILLISTON, WILLINGSTONE, WILL- 
STON 

John, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1668. 
Joseph, b. 1667, was resident Springfield, 
Mass., and of Westfield, Mass., 1691, 
died 1747. 

WILLIX 

Belshazzar, married Salisbury, Mass., 
1643, died 1651. 

WILLOUGHBY 

From the lordship of Willoughby in 
Lincolnshire, Eng., given to a Norman 
knight, Sir John de Willoughby, by Wil¬ 
liam the Conqueror. The town or hab¬ 
itation by the willows. 

Francis, merchant, son of William W. 
came from Portsmouth Hampshire, Eng., 
settled Charlestown, Mass., 1638, died 

1671. 

WILLS 

Joshua, married Windsor, Conn., 1670, 
died 1721. 

Nathaniel, resident Ipswich, Mass., 
1670. 

Thomas, resident Kittery, Maine, 1670. 
WILMORE 

George, living Portsmouth, R. I., 1638. 

WILMOT, WILMARTH, WILMOUTH 

May be a corruption of Guillemot, a 
name frequent in France, in early times 
derived from Guillaume, William. 
Benjamin, b. Eng. 1589, took oath of 
fidelity New Haven, Conn., 1647. 

John, freeman Rehoboth, Mass., 1658. 
John, died Boston, Mass., 1670. 
Jonathan, married Rehoboth, Mass., 
1680. 


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Nicholas, resident Boston, Mass., 1650, 
will dated 1684. 

Ralph, living Charlestown, Mass., 1649. 
Thomas, resident Braintree, Mass., 1649. 
WILSHIRE 

Thomas, at Boston, Mass., 1652. 
WILSON 

The son of William or Will. 

Andrew, resident Boston, Mass., 1690. 
Anthony, married Fairfield, Conn., 1643, 
died 1662. 

Benjamin, among first settlers Taunton, 
Mass., 1638. 

Benjamin, mariner, living Charlestown, 
Mass., 1655, died at sea 1667. 

Daniel, representative from Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass., 1665. 

Edward, miller Boston, also of Rox- 
bury, Mass., died unmarried 1638. 
Edward, joined church Charlestown, 
Mass., 1660. 

Edward, residing Salem, Mass., 1646. 
Edward, died Fairfield, Conn., 1684. 
Francis, married Woburn, Mass., 1683. 
Gawin, b. Scotland 1618, came from 
Paisley, Scotland, to Kittery, Maine, be¬ 
fore 1652. 

Henry, freeman Dedham, Mass., 1641. 
Jacob, freeman Braintree, Mass., 1641. 
James, residing Woburn, Mass., 1688. 
John, clergyman, son of Rev. William 
W., b. Windsor, Eng., 1588, came in 
Winthrop’s fleet, first minister of the first 
church in Boston, Mass., died 1667. 
John, son of Roger W., b. Scrooby, Not¬ 
tinghamshire, Eng., settled Woburn, 
Mass., 1655, died 1687. 

John, taxed Dover, N. H., 1666. 

John, freeman Billerica, Mass., 1690. 
Joseph, brother first Benjamin, freeman, 
Dorchester, Mass., 1638, among early 
settlers, Taunton, Mass. 

Joseph, resident Malden, Mass., 1673. 
Lambert, surgeon, settled Salem, Mass., 
1629, soon after returned to England. 
Matthew, resident New Haven, Conn., 
1642. 

Nathaniel, b. Eng. 1622, married Rox- 
bury, Mass., 1645, died 1692. 

Paul, householder Charlestown, Mass., 

1677. 

Phineas, merchant, b. 1628, came from 
Dublin, Ireland, to Hartford, Conn., 
1675, died 1692. 

Richard, at Boston, Mass., 1639, re¬ 
moved Duxbury, Mass., 1643. 


Richard, married Boston, Mass., 1654, 
died the following year; no issue. 

Robert, early settler Windsor, Conn., 
removed Farmington, Conn., 1653, died 
there 1655. 

Robert, resident Salem, Mass., 1662. 
Robert, resident Cambridge, Mass., re¬ 
moved Salisbury, Mass. 

Robert, Scotch descent, first on record, 
Marlboro, Mass., 1665. 

Samuel, swore fidelity New Haven, 
Conn., 1644, removed Fairfield, Conn., 

1649. 

Samuel, married Fairfield, Conn., 1679. 
Samuel, b. 1622, freeman Portsmouth, 
N. H. 1655, removed Wickford, R. I., 

1674. 

Samuel, married Woburn, Mass., 1682. 
Samuel, brother first Joseph, freeman 
Malden, Mass., 1684. 

Theophilus, b. Eng. 1601, settled Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1636, died 1689. 

Thomas, came to Roxbury, Mass., 1633, 
removed Exeter, N. H., 1637, where his 
will is dated 1643. 

Thomas, freeman Fairfield, Conn., 1664. 
Thomas, resident Milford, Conn., 1673. 
Thomas, settled Cambridge, Mass., 1635, 
removed Weston, Mass. 

William, joiner, son of William W., b. 
Dunnington, Lincolnshire, Eng., freeman 
Boston, Mass., 1636, died 1646. 
William, married Lynn, Mass., 1663. 
WILTERTON, WOLTERTON, WINTER- 
TON 

Gregory, tanner, original proprietor 
Hartford, Conn., 1637, died 1674, no 
issue. 

WILTON 

From a town in Wiltshire, England, so 
called from the river Willey, and ton, a 
town. 

David, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1632, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, and to 
Northampton, Mass., 1660; no male is¬ 
sue. 

Nicholas, brother of preceding, married 
Windsor, Conn., 1656, died 1683. 
WINCH 

A place in county of Norfolk, England, 
from Welsh Ynyis, an island. 

Samuel, first record Sudbury, Mass., 
1671, married Framingham, Mass., 1674, 
died 1718. 

WINCHCOMBE 

From Saxon Wincel, a corner, and 
comb, a valley—a valley encompassed on 
each side with hills. 


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John, resident Boston, Mass., 1670. 
WINCHELL, WINSHALL, WINCHEL 

From the Dutch, ivinschaal, a wine¬ 
bowl, a wine-shop; from German, 
weinsall, a wine-hall or shop. 

Robert, at Dorchester, Mass., 1635, re¬ 
moved Windsor, Conn., 1638, died 1668. 
WINCHESTER 

A city of Hampshire, England, called 
Caerwynt by the Britons, from Caer, 
a city, town or fortified place; and 
gwint, wind, from its being a windy 
place. The Welsh gwin signifies wine, 
as if called the "Wine City." It is al¬ 
so defined as the “White City,” from 
the Welsh "Caer guenif" because it is 
built upon a chalky soil. 

Alexander, came to N. E. 1635, freeman 
Boston, Mass., 1636, removed Braintree, 
Mass., 1637, and to Rehoboth, Mass., 
1644; died 1647. 

John, b. Eng. 1616, came from county 
of Herts, 1635, located Hingham, Mass., 
1636, removed to what is now Brookline, 
Mass., 1650, died 1694. 

WINCOL, WINCALL, WINKLE 

Humphrey, came from Little Walding- 
field, county or Suffolk, Eng., to Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1634. 

John, resident Salem, Mass., 1631. 
Thomas, inhabitant Salem, Mass., 1631. 
Thomas, proprietor Watertown, Mass., 
1642. 

WINDOW 

Richard, at Gloucester, Mass., 1648, died 
1665. 

WINDS, WENDES, WINES, WYNES 

Barnabas or Barney, freeman, Water- 
town, Mass., 1635, removed Southold, 
L. I., 1644. 

Faintnot, resident Charlestown, Mass., 

1635- 

WING, WYNGE 

A place name from a village in Buck¬ 
inghamshire, England. 

John, settled Sandwich, Mass., 1640. 
Joseph, freeman Woburn, Mass., 1678. 
Robert, b. Eng. 1574, came from Ipswich, 
Eng., to Boston, Mass., 1634. 
WINGATE 

An English family of great antiquity, 
settled at Sharpenhoe, parish of Streat- 
ley, Bedfordshire, England. The manor 
of the family in the parish of Elles- 
borough in Buckinghamshire, in early 
days was called Wyngate. It was used 
as a surname in South England and 
Scotland prior to 1200. The first re¬ 
corded name of the family was Hem- 


yngde Wingate, lord of the manor 1154- 
1189. 

John, planter, b. Eng. before 1636, 
granted land Dover, N. H., 1658, died 
1687. 

WINKLEY 

Samuel, came from Lancashire, Eng., 
to Portsmouth, N. H., 1680, later settled 
Kittery, Maine, finally returned to Ports¬ 
mouth, N. H. 

Thomas, recorded Cambridge, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1638, removed Watertown, Mass., 
1642. 

WINN, WINNE 

The name of Welsh origin from gwynne, 
white; Rhodri ap Gwynedd, Lord of 
Anglesey, was born about the middle of 
12th century. In the tenth generation 
from him was John Wynne at Meredith 
of Groydir, county of Caeravon, Wales, 
who died 1559. 

Edward, came from Ipswich, Eng., set- 
N t tied Charlestown, Mass., 1638, one first 
settlers Woburn, Mass., 1641; will pro¬ 
bated 1686. 

WINNOCK 

Joseph, resident Scarborough, Maine, 
1665. 

WINSHIP 

Probably the same as Wineshop, Saxon 
Win, German Wein, and Sceapian, Sax¬ 
on, to make, furnish; a maker or vender 
of wine. 

Edward, son of Lyonel Winship or 
-y Wynshoph of Wilton, Ovingham, North¬ 
umberland, Eng., b. 1612-13, freeman 
Cambridge, Mass., 1635, died 1688. 

WINSLEAD, WINSLAD, WINSLEED 
John, married Malden, Mass., 1652. 

WINSLOW 

A place name from the town of Winslow 
in Buckinghamshire, England. Original 
family seat in Worcestershire, Eng¬ 
land. 

Edward, governor, son of Edward W., 
bapt. Droitwich, Worcestershire, Eng., 
1595, “Mayflower” passenger, resident 
Marshfield, Mass., 1646, died 1654. 
Gilbert, brother of the preceding, “May¬ 
flower” passenger, returned to England 
before 1627, there died before 1650. 

John, merchant, brother of the preced¬ 
ing, b. Eng. 1597, came to Plymouth, 
Mass., 1623, removed Boston, Mass., 
1657, died 1674. 

Josiah, brother of the preceding, bapt. 
Droitwich, Eng., 1606, arrived Saco, 
Maine, 1631, removed Scituate, Mass., 
finally to Marshfield, Mass.; died 1674. 


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Kenelm, joiner and planter, brother of 
the preceding, bapt. 1599, arrived Plym¬ 
outh, Mass., 1629, removed Marshfield, 
Mass., 1641, engaged in the settlement 
of Yarmouth and other towns in Mass.; 
died Salem, Mass., 1672. 

WINSOR, WINDSOR 

The name is a corruption of Saxon 
word Wind-shore, from the shore of 
the Thames at Windsor, a town in 
Berkshire, England. 

John, resident Boston, Mass., 1667. 
Joseph, inhabitant Lynn, Mass., 1637, 
removed Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 

Robert, turner at Boston, Mass., 1644, 
died 1679. 

WINSTON, WENSTONE 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., 1649, 
died 1697. 

WINSWORTH 

Robert, inhabitant Boston, Mass., 1646. 
WINTER 

Christopher, married Scituate, Mass., 
removed to what is now Kingston, Mass. 
Edward, resident Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

John, tanner at Watertown, Mass., 1636; 
will probated 1662. 

John, inhabitant Scarborough, Maine, 
* 1638, died 1645, no male issue. 
WINTERTON 

From the village of Winterton in the 
county of Norfolk, England, so called 
from its cold situation. 

Thomas, resident Providence, R. I., 

1657- 

WINTHROP 

A corruption of Winthrop or Wine- 
thrope, the wine village, from win, wine, 
and throp, a village. Adam Winthrop 
the English ancestor 1498. 

John, governor, only son of Adam, 
grandson of Adam, b. Edwardston, 
county of Suffolk, Eng., 1588, came to 
N. E. 1630, settled Boston, Mass., died 
1649. 

WINUS 

John, of Dutch descent, married New 
Haven, Conn., 1664. 

WISE 

A name given for the quality of wis¬ 
dom. 

Humphrey, at Ipswich, Mass., 1639. 
Joseph, butcher, came to Roxbury, 
Mass., 1636. 

Nicholas, freeman of Mass., 1645. 
Thomas, at Saco, Maine, 1636. 
WISEMAN 

Derivation of name same as Wise. 


James, resident Braintree, Mass., 1639. 
WISWALL 

A local name from the town of Weis- 
well, a town in Baden, on the Rhine, 
Germany. 

John, iron manager and general trader, 
b. Eng. 1602, came to Dorchester, Mass., 
1634, removed Boston, Mass., 1655, died 
1687. 

Thomas, brother of the preceding, set¬ 
tled Dorchester, Mass., 1634, removed 
Cambridge, Mass., in that part now 
known as Newton, Mass., 1654, where he 
died 1683. 

WITCHFIELD 

John, freeman, Dorchester, Mass., 1633, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, died 
1678. , 

WITHAM 

Thomas, died Gloucester, Mass., 1653. 
WITHERBEE, WITHERBYE 

John, b. county of Suffolk, Eng., about 
1650, settled Marlboro, Mass., 1672. One 
of the founders of Stow, Mass. 
WITHERDEN, WYTHERDEN 

John, at Scituate, Mass., 1643, removed 
Boston, Mass., 1650. 

WITHEREDGE, WYTHERIDGE 

Edward, mariner and merchant; joined 
church Boston, Mass., 1644. 

WITHERS 

Thomas, sent by Mason, settled Kittery, 
Maine, 1631. 

WITHINGTON 

A contraction of Wooderington. From 
Saxon wyderian, to wither; and dun, a 
hill; the withered or dry hill. A place 
in Northumberland, England, Weider- 
ington, the place of pasturing cattle; 
Dutch, weide, a pasture, weider, one 
who takes care of cattle, a herdsman. 
Henry, b. Eng. 1588, one of six founders 
of church, Dorchester, Mass., 1635, died 
1667. 

William, resident Newport, R. I., 1638. 
WITHMAN 

John, living Charlestown, Mass., 1641; 
name sometimes spelt Weightman. 
WITT 

John, resident Lynn, Mass., 1650, died 

1675- 

Walter, freeman Andover, Mass., 1691. 
WITTEN 

Michael, acknowledged jurisdiction 
Mass., at Scarborough, Maine, 1658. 

WITTER 

From the Dutch, a whitener, a fuller, 
bleacher. 

William, b. Eng. 1584, settled Lynn, 
Mass., 1639, died 1659. 


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WITTONS 

Peter, married Boston, Mass., 1652. 
WIXAM, WICKSON 

Robert, at Plymouth, Mass., 1643, re¬ 
moved Eastham, Mass., 1657. 
WOLCOTT, WALCOTT, WOOLCOT 

The name is of English origin. John 
Wolcott was the ancestor 1571. 

Henry, b. near Wellington in the south¬ 
ern part of Somersetshire, Eng., about 
1578, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1630, 
removed Windsor, Conn., 1636, died 

1655. 

John, resident Salem, Mass., 1635. 
John, freeman, Cambridge or Water- 
town, Mass., 1635. 

John, blacksmith, resident New Haven, 
Conn. 

Joseph, brother of the preceding, mar¬ 
ried Suffield, Conn., 1686. 

WOLFE, WOOLFE 

Edward, resident Lyme, Conn., 1671. 
Peter, freeman Salem, Mass., 1634, one 
founders of church Beverly, Mass., 1667, 
died 1675. 

WOLLASTON 

Josiah, merchant Boston, Mass., 1666. 
WOLSEY, WOOLSEY 

That is Wolds-ley, from wold, a wood, 
a lawn, and sometimes a plain, and 
lie, or ley, a place. 

George, resident of N. E. 1653. 
WOLTEN 

John, came from Plymouth, Eng., 1633, 
returned England 1654. 

WOOD, WOODS 

This patronymic was translated from the 
French DuBois and the German Wald. 
It is an ancient surname in Scotland, 
first called DuBosco. The family bore 
trees in their coat-of-arms. 

Anthony, married Ipswich, Mass., 1665. 
~ Daniel, resident Rowley, Mass., free¬ 
man Boxford, Mass., 1690. 

Edmund, living Springfield, Mass., 1636, 
removed Wethersfield, Conn., 1636, 
thence to Stamford, Conn., 1641, later 
Hampstead, L. I. 

Edward, mariner, resident Boston, Mass., 
1659. 

Elias, living Dedham, Mass., 1658. 
George, married Saybrook, Conn., 1660. 
— Henry, settled Plymouth, Mass., 1641, 
removed Yarmouth, Mass., 1645, re¬ 
turned Plymouth, Mass., 1649. 

Henry, resident Concord, Mass., 1651. 
Henry, living Newport, R. I., 1670. 
Isaiah, b. 1627, married 1653, living 
Ipswich, Mass., 1668. 


Jeremiah, resident Stamford, Conn., 
1641. 

John, b. Eng., 1610, pin maker, resident 
Sudbury, Mass., 1641, removed Marl¬ 
boro, Mass., 1659, died 1678. 

John, b. Eng. 1609, resident Lynn, Mass., 
1635, removed Salem, Mass., 1646. 
John, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1643. 
John, settled Plymouth, Mass., 1636. 
John, freeman Newport, R. I., 1655. 
John, b. 1620, living Taunton, Mass., 

1662. 

John, married Ipswich, Mass., 1676. 
Jonas, living Springfield, Mass., 1636, 
removed Wethersfield, Conn., settled 
Stamford, Conn., 1641, thence Hemp¬ 
stead, L. I. 

Joseph, married Taunton, Mass., 1680. 
Josiah, b. Eng. 1629, settled Charles¬ 
town, Mass., 1650. 

Josiah, resident Ipswich, Mass., 1684. 
Nathaniel took oath of fidelity Ips¬ 
wich, Mass., 1678. 

Nicholas, freeman Braintree, Mass., 
1641, removed Dorchester, Mass., later 
to Medfield, Mass., 1656; will dated 

1670. 

Nicholas, resident Concord, Mass., 1642. 
Obadiah, baker, brother of the secoud 
Josiah, living Ipswich, Mass., 1649, died 
1694. 

Richard, member Artillery Company, 
Boston, Mass., 1642, died 1681. 

Richard, resident Hingham, Mass., 
1659, removed Marblehead, Mass., 1668. 
Richard, inhabitant Norwalk, Conn., 
1694, died at Wallingford, Conn., 1705. 
Robert, died Dedham, Mass., 1638. 
Samuel, living Ipswich, Mass., 1643. 

Samuel, resident Watertown, Mass., 
1653, one of early settlers Groton, Mass., 

1663, died 1703. 

Samuel, physician, settled Norwalk, 
Conn., 1683, removed Danbury, Conn., 
1685. 

Stephen, living Plymouth, Mass., 1643. 
Thomas, carpenter, b. Eng. about 1633, 
resident Rowley, Mass., 1654. 

Tryall, died Salisbury, Mass., 1678. 
Walter, brother third Henry, living 
Newport, R. I., 1676. 

William, author of “New England’s 
Prospect,” b. Eng. 1582, came from Mat- 
lock, Derbyshire, Eng., to Salem, Mass., 
1629, returned to England 1633, settled 
Concord, Mass., 1638, where he died 

1671. 


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William, husbandman, b. Eng. 1608, 
came to N. E. 1635. 

William, married Portsmouth, R. I. 
William, resident Marblehead, Mass., 
1668. 

William, living Stamford, Conn., 1639, 
removed Newton, L. I., 1640. 
WOODBRIDGE 

Benjamin, son Rev. John W. of Stan¬ 
ton, near Highworth, county of Wilts, 
Eng., where he was born 1622, came to 
Newbury or Cambridge, Mass., 1642. 
John, clergyman, brother of the pre¬ 
ceding, b. Stanton, Wiltshire, Eng., 
1613, came to N. E. 1635, settled at New¬ 
bury, Mass., one of the founders And¬ 
over, Mass., returned England 1647, and 
to N. E. 1663, locating at Boston, Mass., 
died 1695. 

WOODBURY, WOODBERRY 

John, came from Somersetshire, Eng¬ 
land, first settled on Cape Ann 1624, one 
first settlers Salem, Mass., 1626, resident 
Dorchester, Mass., 1628, removed Bev¬ 
erly, Mass., 1630. 

Jonathan, mariner, married Boston, 
Mass., before 1677. 

William, brother of the preceding, b. 
Eng. 1589, granted land Salem, Mass., 
1637, died 1677. 

WOODCOCK 

John, b. Eng. 1615, came from Wey¬ 
mouth, Eng., to N. E. 1635, on tax list 
Springfield, Mass., 1638, removed Ded¬ 
ham, Mass., 1642, and to Rehoboth be¬ 
fore 1673, thence Wrentham, Mass., 

1675. 

Richard, armorer, member of Artillery 
Company, Boston, Mass., 1658, died 1662. 
William, died Salem, Mass., 1648. 
WOODDAM, WOODAM, WOODHAM 

John, bricklayer,resident Ipswich, Mass., 
1648. 

WOODDY, WOODDEY, WOODY 

Henry, freeman Concord, Mass., 1656, 
died 1700. 

Richard, freeman Roxbury, Mass., 1642, 
died 1658. 

WOODEN, WOODING, WOODIN 

John, resident Portsmouth, N. H., 1635, 
removed Hampton, N. H., 1643, thence 
Haverhill, Mass., 1646. 

William, married New Haven, Conn., 
1643. 

WOODFIELD 

John, living Scituate, Mass., 1646. 
WOODFORD 

Thomas, b. Lincolnshire, Eng., settled 
Cambridge, Mass., 1632, removed Rox¬ 


bury, Mass., 1633, and to Hartford, 
Conn., 1636, finally Northampton, Mass., 

1654- 

WOODHOUSE, WOODIS, WOODICE 
John, died Salem, Mass., 1659. 

Richard, fisherman, Boston, Mass., 1638. 
WOODHULL 

William, freeman Portsmouth, R. I., 

1655 - 

WOODLAND 

Edmund, resident Salem, Mass., 1673. 
John, at Braintree, Mass., 1651, re¬ 
moved Mendon, Mass., 1663. 
WOODLEY 

William, died Marblehead, Mass., 1682. 
WOODMAN 

The name is first given to those that 
lived in the forests. 

Archelaus, mercer, settled Newbury, 
Mass., 1635, died 1702, no issue. 
Edward, brother of the preceding, came 
from Malford, a parish in Wiltshire, 
Eng., to Newbury, Mass., 1635. 

Richard, b. Eng. 1590, freeman Water- 
town, Mass., 1635, removed Lynn, Mass., 
1644, died 1647. 

WOODMANSEY 

John, merchant Boston, Mass., 1659, 
died 1685. 

Robert, schoolmaster at Boston, Mass., 
1644, removed Ipswich, Mass., 1655, died 
1667. 

WOODROP 

William, clergyman, arrived Boston, 
Mass., 1674, removed Sherborn, Mass., 
1685, returned to England 1687; no is¬ 
sue. 

WOODRUFF 

Woodrooff, from wood-reeve, the gov¬ 
ernor or keeper of a wood, a forester. 
Benjamin, resident Salem, Mass., 1660- 

78. 

Joseph, brother of the preceding, living 
Salem, Mass., 1660. 

Joseph, married Farmington, Conn. 
Matthew, original proprietor Hartford, 
Conn., 1636, removed Farmington, Conn., 
1640, died 1682. 

WOODWARD ‘ -- 

Wood-ward, a forest-keeper or officer, 
who walked with a forest-bill, and took 
cognizance of all offenses committed. 
The name LaWodeward appears in the 
Hundred Rolls, 1273. 

Daniel, married Watertown, Mass., 
1689. 

Ezekiel, resident Boston, Mass., 1654. 
George, fishmonger from St. Botolph’s 


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Billingsgate, London, b. Eng. 1600, came 
to N. E. 1635. 

Henry, physician, b. Eng. 1601, came to 
N. E. 1635, settled Dorchester, Mass., 
removed Northampton, Mass., 1659, died 
1685. 

Israel, married Taunton, Mass., 1670, 
died 1674. 

John, married Taunton, Mass., 1675. 
John, freeman, Reading, Mass., 1691. 
Joseph, resident Providence, R. I., 1676. 
Nathaniel, mathematician and survey¬ 
or, resident Boston, Mass., 1630. 

Peter, freeman Dedham, Mass., 1642, 
died 1685. 

Ralph, came from Dublin, Ireland, to 
Hingham, Mass., 1637. 

Richard, miller, b. Eng. 1590, came from 
Ipswich, Eng., to Watertown, Mass., 
1635, died 1665. 

Thomas, carpenter, Boston, Mass., re¬ 
moved Roxbury, Mass., 1660. 
WOODWELL 

Matthew, brickmaker, first record Sa¬ 
lem, Mass., 1661; will probated 1691. 
WOODWORTH 

The farm or place in the wood. 

Henry, freeman Mass. 1643. 

John, resident Taunton, Mass., 1679. 
Walter, came from Kent, Eng., to Scit- 
uate, Mass., 1633. 

WOOLEN, WOOLLEN 

John, resident New Haven, Conn., 1642. 
WOOLERY, WOOLSWORTH, WOOL- 
WORTH 

Richard, weaver, b. 1648, settled New¬ 
bury, Mass., 1678. 

WOOLEY, WOOLLY, WOLLEY 

From Wold-ley, uncultivated lands; hills 
without forests. 

Emanuel, freeman Newport, R. I., 1656. 
Robert, resident Fairfield, Conn., 1649. 
WOOLRIDGE WOOLRYCH 

John, resident Dorchester, Mass., 1630, 
returned to England following year. 
Michael, living Fairfield, Conn., 1674. 
WOOLSON 

Thomas, came from Wales, settled Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1653, removed Water- 
/ town, Mass., 1660, died 1713. 
WOOSTER 

A corruption of Worcester (which see). 
Edward, b. Eng. 1622, among first set¬ 
tlers Milford, Conn., 1642, also at Derby, 
Conn., 1652, died 1689. 

WOOTERS, WOUTERS 

John, of Dutch descent, resident Bran¬ 
ford, Conn., 1667-73. 


WORCESTER, WORSTER 

A county and city of England, name de¬ 
rived from the Saxon were, a forest, 
and cester, a camp or city. Some au¬ 
thorities clairp it is from Warcester, 
the city or castle of strife, from the 
Saxon woer, war, strife, with which the 
ancient British name Caerwrangon, the 
castle or fort of strife and contention. 
It was a boundary line for many years be¬ 
tween the Britons and Saxons. j 

William, clergyman, the first minister 
at Salisbury, Mass., 1639, died 1695. 
WORDELL, WODELL 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1637, 
removed Portsmouth, R. I., 1643. 
WORDEN 

Isaac, b. Eng. 1617, came to N. E. 1635. 
James, resident Boston, Mass., 1671. 
Peter, came from Clayton, Lancashire, 
Eng., settled Lynn, Mass.; married Yar¬ 
mouth, Mass., 1639; died in that year. 
Samuel, resident Boston, removed 
Barnstable, Mass., 1684, died before 
1698. 

WORMALL, WORMELL, WORMWELL 

Joseph, inhabitant Rowley, Mass., 1640, 
removed Boston, Mass., 1649, thence 
Scituate, Mass., where he died 1662. 
WORMLEY, WORMELEY 

Ralph, resident Dover, N. H., 1684. 
WORMSTALL 

Arthur, swore allegiance Wells, Maine, 
1653 - 

WORMWOOD 

Henry, living Lynn, Mass., 1666. 
William, resident Kittery, Maine, 1640, 
living on Isle of Shoals, N. H., 1647. 
WORNUM 

William, resident Boston, Mass., 1646. 
WORRALL 

James, inhabitant Scituate, Mass., 1638. 
WORSLEY 

Benjamin, a resident of R. I. 1663. 
WORTFI 

From the Saxon; a court, farm, posses¬ 
sion, place, field or way; the place val¬ 
ued, sold or granted. 

Lionel, married Salisbury, Mass., 1655. 
Richard, brother of the preceding, mar¬ 
ried Newbury, Mass., 1667. 

William, blacksmith and mariner, b. 
Devonshire, Eng., 1640, settled Nan¬ 
tucket, Mass., 1665, died 1724. 
WORTHERN, WORTHEN, WATHEN 

Ezekiel, married Salisbury, Mass., 1661. 
George, member of the church, Salem, 
Mass., 1641. 

John, settled Salem, Mass., 1641. 




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WORTHINGTON 

Nicholas, settled Saybrook, Conn., 1649, 
freeman Hartford, Conn., 1668, removed 
Hatfield, Mass., 1677, where he died 
1683. 

WORTHLIKE 

Peter, at Scituate, Mass., 1669. 
WORWOOD, WORWARD 

Richard, died Cambridge, Mass., 1644. 
WRIFORD 

John, swore allegiance Pemaquid, 
Maine, 1674. 

WRIGHT 

English ancestor, John Wright, of Kel- 
vedon Hall, Kelvedon, County of Es¬ 
sex, England. 

Abel, known by the title lieutenant, lived 
at Springfield, now Westfield, Mass., 
1655, died 1725. 

Anthony, resident Sandwich, Mass., 

1643, removed Wethersfield, Conn., be¬ 
fore 1658, died 1679; no issue, j.■?. j. , 
Benjamin, came from Bolton, Eng., to 
Guilford, Conn., 1649, removed Killing- 
worth, Conn., where he died 1677. 
Edward, resident Concord, Mass., 1658, 
died 1691. 

Edward, shoemaker, married Boston, 
Mass., 1657. 

Edward, bore the military title of cap¬ 
tain, resident Sudbury, Mass., 1659, died 

1703. 

Edward, married Scituate, Mass., 1664. 
George, freeman, Braintree, Mass., 1642. 
Henry, freeman Dorchester, Mass., 1635. 
Isaac, came from county of Norfolk, 
Eng., to Hingham, Mass., 1637, died 1652. 
Isaac, died Lancaster, Mass., 1663. 
John, settled Charlestown, Mass., 1640, 
freeman Woburn, Mass., 1643, died 1688. 
John, represented Gloucester, Mass., in 
General Court 1648. 

John, living Newbury, Mass., 1650, died 
1658. 

John, freeman Watertown, Mass., 1690. 
Josiah, married Woburn, Mass., 1661. 
Nicholas, at Lynn, Mass., 1637, removed 
Sandwich, Mass., 1643. 

Peter, brother of the preceding, living 
Sandwich, Mass., 1638. 

Richard, resident Lynn, Mass., 1630, re¬ 
moved Boston, Mass., 1636. 

Richard, first record Plymouth, Mass., 
1638. 

Richard, resident Rehoboth, Mass., 

1644. 

Robert, member artillery company Bos¬ 
ton, Mass., 1643. 


S' 

/ Samuel, b. Eng., 1600, settled Spring- 
field, Mass., 1639, removed Northamp¬ 
ton, Mass., 1656; will dated 1663. 
Thomas, settled Watertown, Mass., re¬ 
moved Wethersfield, Conn., 1639. 
Thomas, married Guilford, Conn., 1658. 
Walter, weaver, inhabitant Andover, 
Mass., 1663. 

William, came to Plymouth, Mass., 
1621, died 1633, no issue. 

William, died Sandwich, Mass., 1648. 
William, resident Boston, Mass., 1670. 

WROTHAM, WORTHAM 

Simon, freeman Farmington, Conn., 
1653, died 1689. 

WYARD 

John, married Wethersfield, Conn., 1681. 
Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1662, of 
Hartford, Conn., 1666, died 1682. 

WYATT, WIAT, WYAT 

Edward, b. Eng. 1614, freeman Dorches¬ 
ter, Mass., 1645, died 1706. 

James, resident Taunton, Mass., 1643. 
John, living Ipswich, Mass., 1638, died 
1665. 

John, sold property Windsor, Conn., 
1649, removed Farmington, Conn. 
Thomas, died New Hampshire, 1670. 

WYBORNE, WIBORNE, WEYBORNE 

Thomas, came from Tenterden, coun¬ 
ty of Kent, Eng., to Boston, Mass., 
1638, died 1656. 

WYER, WIER 

Edward, married Charlestown, Mass., 
1658. 

Nathaniel, at Newbury, Mass., 1637, 
removed Nantucket, Mass., 1640, died 
1681. 

Peter, at York, Maine, 1640. 

Robert, resident Boston, Mass., 1646. 

WYETH, WITHE, WYTH 

Benjamin, at Hampton, N. H., 1644. 
Humphrey, resident Ipswich, Mass., 
1638. 

Nicholas, b. Eng. 1595, living Cam¬ 
bridge, Mass., 1647, died 1680. 

WYLEY, WEYLEY, WILLEY, WYLIE 

A form of Willie or William; or wily., 
artful, sly. 

John, b. Eng. 1610, settled Reading, 
Mass., 1635. 

Thomas, living Dover, N. H., 1648-69. 
WYLLIS 

George, governor of Conn., b. Fenny 
Compton, Warwickshire, Eng., came to 
N. E. 1638, located Hartford, Conn. 


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WYMAN, WEYMAN 

From the Dutch word Weiman, a hunts¬ 
man, a hunter; one who shoots the 
game. 

Francis, tanner, son of Francis W. of 
the parish of Westmills, Hertfordshire, 
Eng., b. 1617, came to N. E., locating 
at Charlestown, Mass., one of the 
thirty-two inhabitants of that town who 
established Woburn, Mass., 1640; died 
1699. 

John, tanner, brother of the preceding, 
bapt. West Mills, Hertfordshire, Eng., 
1621, came to N. E. 1640, locating 
Charlestown, Mass., one of the first in¬ 
habitants of Woburn, Mass., 1640, died 
1684. 

John, wheelwright, married Woburn, 
Mass., 1685. 

Thomas, tailor, resident, Boston, Mass., 
1675 . 

^ YALE 

David, came from Wales, to Boston, 
Mass., 1637, returned to England 1654. 
YARDLEY 

John, resident Braintree, Mass., 1688. 
YATES 

An old word for Gate. The same as 
Gates. 

Francis, removed to Stamford, Conn., 
from Wethersfield, Conn., 1641, after¬ 
wards to Westchester, N. Y., where he 
died 1682. 

George, brother of the preceding, free¬ 
man of Conn. 1658. 

Henry, died Guilford, Conn., 1705. 
John, resident Duxbury, Mass., 1650. 
YEALE 

Timothy, married Weymouth, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1673. 

YELINGS 

Roger, resident Boston, Mass., 1682. 
YELL, YEAL 

John, married Ipswich, Mass., 1690. 
YEO, YOW 

Thomas, married at Boston, Mass., 1654. 
YEOMANS 

A man free-born, a freeholder; one next 
in order to the gentry. 

Edmund, resident Charlestown, Mass., 
1650, removed Haverhill, Mass., 1666. 
Edward, settled Charlestown, Mass., be¬ 
fore 1650. 

YESCUTT 

Richard, resident Ipswich, Mass. 
YORK 

A city in England next in esteem to 
London. The name is derived from 



Eure-ric or Eouer-ric, of Euere, a wild 
boar, and rye, a refuge; a retreat front 
the wild boars which were in the forest 
of Gautries. The Romans called the city 
Eboracum; it is memorable for the 
death of two emperors, Severus and 
Constatius Chlorus, and for the nativity 
of Constantine the Great. 

James, b. Eng. 1614, came to Braintree, 
Mass., 1635, settled Stonington, Conn., 
1660. 

Richard, resident Dover, N. H., 1648. 
Samuel, b. 1645, living Gloucester, 
Mass., 1695, died 1718. 

YOUDAEL 

Philip, at Gloucester, Mass., 1648. 
YOUNG 

Christopher, came from Yarmouth, 
county of Norfolk, Eng., to Salem, 
Mass. 1638, died Wenham, Mass., 1647. 
Edward, fisherman at Boston, Mass., 
1691. 

George, married Scituate, Mass., 1660. 
Henry, resident Concord, Mass., 1675. 
John, living Salem, Mass., 1638, re¬ 
moved Charlestown, Mass., where he 
died 1672. 

John, resident Plymouth, Mass., 1648, 
removed Eastham, Mass., where he died 
1691. 

John, inhabitant Windsor, Conn., 1641, 
removed Southold, L. I., before 1650. 
Joseph, resident Salem, Mass., 1638. 
Joseph, brother of second John, married 
Eastham, Mass., 1679. 

Richard, freeman Kittery, Maine, 1652. 
Robert, took oath of allegiance York, 
Maine, 1681. 

Rowland, brother of the preceding, b. 
Scotland, about 1625, freeman York, 
Maine, 1652. 

YOUNGLOVE 

Name given on account of his age and 
tender affection. 

Samuel, b. Eng. 1606, came to Ipswich, 
Mass., 1635, died 1668. 

YOUNGMAN 

Francis, cordwainer, married Roxbury, 
Mass., 1685, died 1712. 

YOUNGS, YONGS 

John, clergyman, b. Eng. 1602, came 
from St. Margarets, county of Suffolk, 
Eng. to Salem, Mass., 1637, removed 
Southold, L. I., 1640. 
































































































































































































































































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